Boot Camp Finally Supports Windows 7 On Macs

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Boot Camp Finally Supports Windows 7 On Macs

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 30, 2010 @10:22AM from the just-like-real-boot-camp-only-nicer-colors dept.

Dave Knott writes "After some delay Apple has updated Boot Camp to support Windows 7 on Macintosh computers. They have also provided an upgrade utility that facilitates transition to Windows 7 for Mac owners who have existing Vista installations. The new version of Boot Camp requires OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)."

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Re:Why do need to buy 10.6 to get this? more ways by iMouse · 2010-01-30 10:43 · Score: 5, Informative

You DON'T NEED this update to run Windows 7 on a Mac in Boot Camp. This update is more or less targeted at newer Macs that already shipped with Snow Leopard that are experiencing problems installing 7. (see link)
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/windows-classic-linux-other-os/174668-windows-7-27-imac-black-screen.html
Windows 7 installed on Boot Camp 2.0 in Leopard also works fine.

...more ways people post crap before doing any research.
Re:I'm going to buy a Mac just to run Windows. by __aaclcg7560 · 2010-01-30 10:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

I just wish that iPhone OS ran on their desktop systems. It's the best operating system I've used in a long time.

Maybe single-application mode is what you want in Mac OS X?
Re:...Windows 7 runs great on VirtualBox on Mac by tepples · 2010-01-30 11:00 · Score: 5, Insightful

Of course, the problem with running Windows on a Mac is Microsoft's pricing structure. Boot Camp or Parallels or VMware or VirtualBox needs a retail copy of Windows. But it turns out that one can actually buy a whole PC running Windows, including a spare keyboard and mouse, for close to the price of a retail copy of Windows.