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Boot Camp Flaw Leaves Some Users Fuming

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oh-teh-irony dept.

Karl Cocknozzle writes "Some users who chose to install Apple's recent beta-offering of Boot Camp without basic precautions (like a full backup) have found themselves unable to boot their Macs to OS X. In a discussion thread on Apple's technical support Web site, more than a dozen users reported that Boot Camp successfully partitioned their hard drive and allowed them to install a working version of Windows, but then would no longer allow them to switch back. The download-agreement page for Boot Camp contains the explicit warning that Boot Camp is still 'Beta' software, and would not be supported if problems arose. On the whole, it sounds like the number of affected users is quite small, but may reflect a common lack of knowledge of what a 'beta' release really is: Not ready for prime-time."

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  1. priceless quotes by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 5, Funny
    Some of the posts on the relevant thread at the Apple site contain some priceless quotes from various disgruntled beta testers:

    Apple should consider taking Boot Cramp off distribution immediately ! I am going to keep putting posts in here just to keep this one at the top of the list.... someone from Apple NEEDS to see it and NEEDS to respond.

    Add my name to the growing list. Same problem as reported here by others. Would like to see a response from Apple.

    Apple? This isn't a minor glitch, but a major problem. Barring erasing my drive and reinstalling OS X, I am stuck with an Apple laptop that only runs Windows. Any feedback? I don't want solutions that entail using the command line. I would like something from Apple saying that they recognise the problem and are working on it.

    I am speaking as a career software developer and lifelong Apple devotee. But i'm not touching boot camp again while in Beta and will still be wary beyond that. Apple should have held onto their cards a little longer.
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  2. New Ellen Fleiss Ad by Greedo · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was installing Boot Camp on my MacBook. And it was, like, "beep beep beep beep beep".

    And then, like, half my operating systems were gone. And I was, like, ....

    It was a really good operating system, you know?

    So I had to install OS X all over again.

    It was, kinda ... a bummer.

    I'm Ellen Fleiss, and I'm an early adopter.

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  3. So its true? by delahappy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Once you go windows you never go back.

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