“Those considering setting up a Windows partition on a Mac using the test version of Apple’s Boot Camp might want to pay close attention to the licensing terms that accompany the beta software,” Ina Fried reports for CNET News.
Fried reports, “According to the terms, which are posted on Apple’s Web site, the software is licensed only until Apple comes out with a commercial release of Boot Camp, or until 30 September, whichever comes first.”
“Released as a public beta in April 2006, Boot Camp allows owners of Intel-based Macs to set up a separate Windows partition and boot into either Windows or the Mac OS. Apple updated the test software last month to add support for Windows Vista. The company has also said it will build a final version of the software into the next Mac OS release, dubbed Leopard and due out later this spring,” Fried reports.
Fried reports, “The rub is that Apple has not said whether it will issue a final version of Boot Camp for Tiger users, though there have been rumours that Apple will offer a paid Tiger version of Boot Camp.”
Full article here.
Apple Macs Do Windows Too:
that will suck ass for those that have it installed and don’t plan on buying the new OS or waiting for it and have bought the Mac already. but, I think that Apple will do something about this, I don’t think they’ll leave people high and dry or anything
Actually it will allow you to still boot up into windows however it won’t allow you to remove/add a Windows partition after said date.
meh, just release a final version for Tiger and charge $5.99 (it’ll cover some development costs)
bitch about it if you want…. but you did pay $160 for XP to run with Boot Camp didnt you? So whats another $6
I’m guessing they’ll have a paid version for Tiger users, and it’ll be included with Leopard, as an incentive to upgrade.
i didn’t know that jonahan. ithought it just shut down.
and no, i paid 99 for xp (oem license from fry’s)
bitch about it if you want…. but you did pay $160 for XP to run with Boot Camp didnt you? So whats another $6
Touché.
Magic word: Justice
My guess is this-on September 30th any Mac with bootcamp beta on it will climb on to a ledge and jump, committing suicide.
Life with a Windows infection is not worth living.
i think most people didn’t actually pay for that xp installation when they got their mac. illegal as it is, they probably took their windows disc from their dell pc they used to have and used that install… logical. no one is going to pay to use windows on their mac if they are only a regular consumer. you can call microsoft and tell them you “reformatted” and they will give you a new key.
i’m just pointing out that piracy is way more prevalent than actually paying for software.
c|net sucks.
Lmao. I got mine for free. Legally as well. On my engineering course Microsoft give this stuff away. I fucking hate XP I’d banish it from my mac but i need it for c++.
They () wouldn’t dare.
Something fantastic is happening to boot camp.
Windoze without Windoze….
I forgot, was Boot Camp advertised as part of Leopard?
Windoze without Windoze…
Amen to that.
You do not need bootcamp. All boot camp does is install a bootloader but you can use rEFit instead, and give a fancy interface for partitioning. It uses the diskutil command which you can use yourself in terminal. It was a firmware update and 10.4.6 that allowed you to run windows on your mac not bootcamp.
“….but you can use rEFit instead, and give a fancy interface for partitioning. It uses the diskutil command which you can use yourself in terminal….”
uhhh yeah maybe … but how many people out there know how to do that ? ..
Let alone, even know what the heck you just said ?
@oh my:
“….but you can use rEFit instead, and give a fancy interface for partitioning. It uses the diskutil command which you can use yourself in terminal….”
uhhh yeah maybe … but how many people out there know how to do that ? ..
Let alone, even know what the heck you just said ?
Not everyone might know how to do the above, but a good coder could make a handy little app for doing it very easily.
If Apple nixes Boot Camp (unlikely with an expected Vista-driven surge of switchers), look for the inevitable replacements.
So at that point you not only need this rEFit, but a mini-app to install it?
This is exactly why bootcamp is better.
I didn’t buy a Mac to run Windows. The best Windows PC is still a Windows PC.
“I didn’t buy a Mac to run Windows. The best Windows PC is still a Windows PC.”
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A distinction of dubious merit, no doubt. It’s kind of like saying, “My wife’s the best whore in town”.
I fucking hate XP I’d banish it from my mac but i need it for c++.
For C++ ? Make no sense. If you said you work in an environment where they force you on Visual Studio I might follow, but *just* for programming?
in Mac OS X you have gcc 2.92.5 3.3 4.0.1 and you may get the entire intel suite of compilers, linker and optimized libraries.
What do you need XP for C++ at all?
The best Windows PC is still a Windows PC
Even Microsoft does not agree with you. Their representative sport MacBook Pro and there is a little tool that you install on your PC and get a score about how much your hardware is “Vista ready”
Best score so far are all MacBook Pros and MacPro.
The best Windows PC is a Mac!
AND, you have Xcode which is a great IDE, SHARK that is hands down the best profiler in town: by light years. If dislike Xcode you may use Eclipse, if dislike IDEs just go with Emacs.
Again: I need XP for c++ makes absolutely no sense at all. Heck, your can’t even have X11R6 native on XP and you need third party stuff.
In what deep hole are you digging yourself in Will?
What,
When I went back to college 14 years ago for another degree — computer science, I ran into the problem of trying to use a Mac version — pre OS X — of C++, while everyone else used the Winblows version. There were enough subtle differences in some of the critical class implementations that broke the functioning of simple code used by the Winblows guys when run on the Mac. And no, it wasn’t just Win specific pragmas causing the problem, but standard C++ libraries.
This is what drove me off the Mac and onto Windows. :>( I was serious about grades and graduated Summa Cum Laude. I wouldn’t have survived the first programming class if I had stuck with the Mac.
The C++ standard is much tighter nowadays, but the issue of being standard across platforms and implementations still haunts coding, even using the so called “write once, use everywhere” Java.
I don’t know why people make it a big deal about this. So what if Apple charge $9.00 or $ 99.00. We should be happy that they make it possible to run Windows in Mac.
If you are so cheap, then don’t use Boot Camp. Or even don’t buy anything, just get anything that is free or steal for that matters.