Apple has released Boot Camp Public Beta 1.0.2 software (a “quiet” release on Monday as it is a beta product), which lets you inflict the Windows XP operating system upon your Intel-powered Mac.
Apple has released no information regarding the changes in this release.
MacFixIt theorizes that it may include revised versions of the Windows XP Mac drivers:
It is presumed that this update includes revised versions of the Windows XP Mac drivers, so you should burn a new drivers disk (using Boot Camp Assistant) after installing the Boot Camp update, then boot into Windows XP and re-install drivers… In-house we’ve noticed no discernible changes after applying the updated (1.0.2) Windows XP drivers on a MacBook Pro running Boot Camp.
More info and download link for Boot Camp Beta 1.0.2 here.
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“…which lets you inflict the Windows XP operating system upon your Intel-powered Mac.”
LOL
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Anyone else having problems where the keyboard will randomly ‘go away’ and return when booted into Windoze? It’s like the USB interface drops, then returns for no apparent reason.
Intel iMac, 17″, 1.83 Core Duo, 512 MB RAM.
I’ve always thought this might be due to a driver issue… maybe this will fix it..?
It always amazes me WHY people want this 10GB partition for a piece of turd on your Mac.
DON’T DO IT!
Because some programs don’t run on mac.
Auto Cad
Because some programs run much better on windows.
Excel
Turn off your blinders, folks.
db’s right. windows sucks, but the unfortunate truth is that there are some programs that are windows-only, or run best on windows. boot camp is a good thing for businesses that require windows – you can still get a mac and also boot up windows when you need to.
imac – two computers for the price of one and a half. =)
Jim,
Games and that one stinking piece of Windows software that has no Mac equivalent.
The viruses, trojans, spyware and worms are fun stuff too.
@Jim:
One good example is that my partner needs to use Windows-only applications to return to college online. He currently has an iBook, and wants to remain a Mac-user (thank goodness!). In order to meet his educational goals, maintain his work schedule, and still use his preferred OS, he needs to run Boot Camp on an Intel-powered Mac. Thus, he’s selling his iBook, buying a MacBook and will be able to do all those things.
So, it’s not as though he “wants” to run WinXP, but if he’s going to acheive his goals it’s the best way. I say Bravo to Apple for helping him get what he wants. (And Boo to the school for being so Win-centric, but he’s working on them, too.)
C’mon now, it’s fun to play with XP on occassion just to see what the other side is inflicted with. Besides, I have Boot Camp/XP installed too just to show off to the PC weenies out there that I can run both and they can’t. LOL
Thanks for the honest answers guys, I wasn’t flaming, just curious. I’d rather use that 10GB of space for music or movies, and have a cheap PC connected via Remote Desktop Connection.
Or Parallels, so at least I’m not ‘trapped’ in XP until I reboot.
I like having Boot Camp so I can run that Ghetto OS called Windows. It’s a convenient way to show people stuck in Windblows how nice things are in the upscale Macintosh neighborhood.
Too bad in the real world one can’t just switch from living in a crime infested cesspool (Windblows) to the pristine, safe, fun suburbs for similar price.
Rock on Steve!
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MacMania – “Too bad in the real world one can’t just switch from living in a crime infested cesspool (Windblows) to the pristine, safe, fun suburbs for similar price.”
Where do you live I will send you your crimeless stats
Bearman said: “Where do you live I will send you your crimeless stats”
Ah, Bearman I don’t remember saying the “Mac neighborhood” is “crimeless” (is that even a word, grammarians?). “Safe” is a relative term.
Loosen your helmet and please try to keep up!
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Anybody know if I can use the software to dynamically repartition my drive on a G4 iMac? That would be nice.
Well I grabbed it and poked around the app. package and no go. Anybody that hacks somepin is a winner in my book.
“inflict”
sigh.
pretentious fuckers who run this site.
db, on what planet does Excel actually run better in Windows than it does on the Mac? Have you actually used Excel 2003 in Windows and compared it to Excel 2004 on the Mac?
Is 10 GIGS really a lot in this age of behemoth hard drives?
Matt,
You mean “two computers for the price of one”. Several recent price comparisons have shown that “Apples to Apples” (yes, that pun was intended), a Mac is the same or sometimes even cheaper than a comparable PC. Apple just doesn’t make the low-end computers that some folks want. Most unfavorable price comparisons out there make “Apples to oranges” comparisons.
Is 10 GIGS really a lot in this age of behemoth hard drives?
It is on a laptop.
Tommyboy,
On every planet. Try this… go to work, get on your every day peecee, and create a semi-advanced macro code for data entry in excel.
Now, save that file on your thumb drive, and take it home to your mac with the most recent version of excel. It won’t work!
While I agree that there are benefits to excel on the mac, I generally prefer the set-up of excel on windows, and I definately prefer to have my coding work after putting hundreds of hours into it!
Excel works better on a PC. Just about everything else works better on a mac.
db: Excel works better on a PC. Just about everything else works better on a mac.
Games. Nuff said
Tan wrote:
“”inflict”
sigh.
pretentious fuckers who run this site.”
“Inflict” is the correct term. Then after the Windows install the term is “infect”.
You’re welcome!
pretentious fuckers who run this site
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It’s easy to be pretentious to 35 year old ‘gamers’
db
Very true
For my job I do quite allot of VBA stuff in Excel, and the first thing I tried when a friend was trying to convince me to switch, was one of my macros in Mac Excel.
It crashed all over the place.
Also, I prefer the Windows version of Excel, as an advanced developer.
So, like many others, I wouldn’t even consider switching, if it wasn’t for Boot camp / Parallels.
10GB is what it requires? Or is that just what someone arbitrarily used and through mention has become the standard for this discussion. XP with less than a bloated full or default install (being lazy and getting crap you don’t need is YOUR fault) shouldn’t take more than about 2GB. At that rate, 6GB to allow for the few programs you actually need to run is not unreasonable. Pare down XP using a little effort and you can have what you need for as little as 4.5GB easily. The only other issue is that Macs have (because they NEED) massive amounts of RAM, so XP needs a pretty fat page file (100% of RAM size should be considered the minimum).
Viruses, trojans, worms, and spyware? Yes, they are more of a risk – to your XP install. If you took the effort to make a smaller install, it won’t take all that long to reinstall to the reformatted partition IF you get any of those. Why would you be getting any of those if you only really use XP for a few programs like games and productivity? You wouldn’t likely, because it’s email and web surfing that plague you with those things the most. When used for email and surfing, it’s laziness that generally leads to those things too.
Macs are better machines (and you pay for it), and OS X is a better OS, no question. You are however still a bit limited. Why not be victorious in having the ability to have it all? The decadent consumerism that makes justifying having a computer that costs at least 4 digits and all the toys to plug into it ought to play well to that ‘having it all’.
One other little point that I am very curious about: When you boot your Intel Mac into XP, how many more peripherals are supported? My digital video camera isn’t supported by OS X, but I’d bet it is under XP on an Intel Mac.