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Apple Fails To Deliver On Windows 7 Boot Camp Promise

Posted by Soulskill on from the see-you-next-year dept.

SkydiverFL writes "For those fans of Apple's Boot Camp package, it looks like you might be waiting on the next 'end of year' to use Windows 7 on your shiny silver boxes. Back in October of this year, Apple published a rather short, but affirmative promise stating quite simply that, 'Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp.' The support page has no updates regarding the new version. Maybe they're waiting for iSlate?"

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  1. Why bother? by moderators_are_w*nke · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you wanted a Windows laptop why would you pay all that money?

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    1. Re:Why bother? by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 3, Insightful

      WTF? It's like saying somebody should buy an F1 car just because it's fastest, while they actually need something which does not cost them their house and children, not require special fuel and can run on ordinary road. Way to go on a tangent!

    2. Re:Why bother? by TrancePhreak · · Score: 3, Insightful

      This is 2010, and the MacBook Pro is very behind. Where's the Core i7? Something newer than the NV9600? Where's the lower price?

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    3. Re:Why bother? by mingrassia · · Score: 3, Insightful

      WTF? It's like saying somebody should buy an F1 car just because it's fastest

      I agree 100%. People should buy a machine to suit their needs. Anyone who blindly buys the fastest model available is just being egotistical and foolish.

      which does not cost them their house and children

      A new Mac mini goes for $599 and a MacBook is $999. This is hardly "house and children" figures. Pick a reasonable Mac then go to Dell and spec out a similar machine. The PC prices will be in a close neighborhood.

      not require special fuel and can run on ordinary road

      This article is not about the iPhone. It is about Apple systems running OS X that can utilize Boot Camp.

      Hardly any "special fuel" required on OS X systems. Take your pick from any of the great open source apps available for the platform: Firefox, Thunderbird, Inkscape, Gimp, VLC, Eclipse, the list goes on. Wanna write some code? Xcode comes free with OS X. Don't wanna use Xcode, then use another IDE or directly use make, gcc, gdb, and vim.

      As for your "ordinary road" comment ... I'm writing this on a four year old iMac. Over the years I've upgraded the memory (Crucial has great prices) and hard drive (1TB was only $99 at Fry's). My mouse of choice is a five button Logitech scroll mouse. I hardly feel "locked in" or "abused".

      Way to go on a tangent!

      Way to spread FUD. How about we just let people use the computer that best suits their needs.

      Getting back on topic, I've been running Windows 7 in both Boot Camp and Parallels 5 with no problems. I don't know what the damage is with this "article".

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    4. Re:Why bother? by RedK · · Score: 4, Insightful

      You're comparing a tower PC to a small form factor PC. The only Dell comparable to a Mac Mini is a Studio Hybrid (the Zino and Zino HD use low power processors that aren't up to par with the Core 2 Duo in the Mini). The small form factor PCs are always a bit more expensive due to requiring laptop parts instead of desktop parts. Price out a Studio Hybrid vs a Mac Mini and compare more than just 3 specs (RAM, HD, CPU) and you'll see Apple isn't priced out of the market like you claim. But of course, that would require a good faith effort on your part.

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  2. Umm... by Darkness404 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um, I was under the impression that it was trivial to install Windows 7 on a Mac even without official boot camp support (per http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/01/15/using-boot-camp-to-install-windows-7-on-your-mac-the-complete-walkthrough/) whats the difference between the tutorial and what you would do normally?

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  3. Re:jesus christ by PitaBred · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's still not out by when they promised. That's all there is to it. Sure, give the employees time off. They still didn't do the job.

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  4. Re:Virtualbox by BrentH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Graphic cards arent virtualized. So if you want games, you gotta go to the Bootcamp!

  5. Re:Virtualbox by TheRaven64 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't see any Linux vendors bragging about what a big extra "feature" GRUB is, and it does the same thing. Often more transparently.

    Really? I admit I haven't used GRUB for a couple of years and it may have improved since I last did, but I don't remember it letting me pop in a Windows CD, helping me resize my existing partitions, then installing Windows and setting up the correct third-party drivers for my hardware. Does it really do all of that now?

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  6. Re:Apple haters... by drmitch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I dunno. I switched to Mac in September after making fun of them for my entire life. Although I paid more than I would for a PC (just saying I would have purchased a 500 dollar PC laptop that didn't have the same specs as a MBP) I am quite happy with the little things that Apple does in the hardware and software. I do miss a few Windows programs (especially being an engineer and coder and needing the special software/hardware) but 98% of the time, I am perfectly happy with the visuals, lack of viruses, *NIX capability, and user-friendliness of my MBP.