“Apple has begun warning users that its beta Boot Camp software for running Windows on an Intel-based Mac will expire at the end of October,” MacNN reports.
Apple “last week posted a technical support document indicating that some versions of the beta software have already expired and that the latest version will expire when Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard ships in October,” MacNN reports.
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October 26th is indeed the most likely day for Leopard to go on sale because it is on the last Friday of the month, and Apple has often held off to the last possible Friday when it promises to release OS software for any given month.
makemineamac,
What do you mean it works? It will load yes, but nothing is displayed right. Look at the size of the user name log in field, isn’t it tiny for you?
And like I said, I can still log in, but nothing works right. I get a fixed size pop up window for the main MLS page and no option to re-size or scroll, yet I can’t see all of the info. It also will not allow me change data or use any of the functions that I can when I log in with IE on XP.
re: Donna:
you can access MLS without needing windows. just install Safari Enhancer. This can make Safari ‘pretend’ to be explorer, it works great. no one needs IE.
Give Donna a link to download the Firefox browser.
Donna, I don’t believe you are being ‘forced’ to do anything, except get with it and get Parallels. BTW, ‘that sucks’ is not a phrase a lady would use.
I have the firefox browser..
Are you saying that when you open the link in Firefox that user name field is not tiny?
http://server1.mirealsource.com/homescape2/homescape_non.php
Also, where can I get Safari Enhancer? If you have it, can you try the above link and tell me if the log in field displays in the right size, meaning room to type more than just one letter?
Ron,
Please forgive my French:) It’s my kids rubbing off on me!
Donna, where can I get Safari Enhancer?
On VersionTracker. http://versiontracker.com/macosx/
Donna, Ron,
Please forgive my French:) It’s my kids rubbing off on me!
Try carbolic soap on their tongues.
I have no direct experience with Boot Camp, as I don’t yet have my Intel Mac (and the pencil-heads in the procurement office won’t allow us to buy new Macs). But I find it interesting that people have come to rely on Apple’s “beta” product when other released products (e.g. Vista) give people major grief.
I seem to recall speculation that, while Boot Camp will be bundled with Leopard, it will also be offered as a low-cost standalone product. I don’t know if that’s still in the works. That aside, I would expect both VmWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop will work off that installed Boot Camp partition.
I agree with Donna, I want Leopard just as much as the next person, but i want to wait a month for the bugs to get worked out.
There are virtual machine alternatives to boot camp now. One really only needs boot camp if native speed is a must. For just IE compatible browsing a product like VMWare’s Fusion might do just fine.
Okay, so which is better, Parallels or Fusion. And what about Viruses on my Mac side?
Better yet, Can anyone explain to me why this site won’t work on my Mac?
I’ve tried to argue with IS, but I always get beaten down because I don’t really know enough about this to put up a good argument. My husbnd says they are just lazy, but can anyone tell me what would it require to get this working on a Mac, and would it really be the huge expense that IS says it would be?
Thanks in advance.
Loru, I agree with Donna, I want Leopard just as much as the next person, but i want to wait a month for the bugs to get worked out.
If everyone would use Leopard immediately, wouldn’t any bugs be worked out more quickly?
MW- true. Riiight!
Hey Donna,
Parallels and Fusion are two different applications that allow you to run Windows inside a window within OSX. I personally use Parallels, and am quite pleased with it.
check it out here:
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/
Why bother with BOOTCAMP when one can run Windows software in Mac OS X?????
That’s right kiddies, I’m running 10.5 right now!!!
You DO have to install Windows though, but it’s a resource file instead of a full blown running OS.
Of course you have the choice:
1: Mac OS X with Windows software, no Windows.
2: Mac OS X and Windows side by side.
3: Mac OS X dual boot.
4: Linux still can’t come to the party.
Oh yea!!
EFI has recently gotten a update, which means when 10.5 is installed “FAST USER SWITCHING” will also apply to multiple operating systems.
Meaning Windows and OS X.
Linux still can’t come to the party, but a hack can easily be done.
Apple is deathly afraid of Linux. Because the same threat of M$ is Apple’s as well.
Free.
@ Donna: Parallels has been out longer than VMWare Fusion, but it seems I read that VMWare’s “Unity” is a bit better than Parallel’s “Coherence”, both of which help Windows apps behave more like native OS X apps– at least as far as having Windows apps intermingled with OS X apps on one desktop.
You can read more about them here: http://www.macworld.com/2007/07/reviews/parallels3/index.php
http://www.macworld.com/2007/09/reviews/vmwarefusion/index.php
Don’t forget, Google is your friend!
When they mean discontinue Boot camp, they mean you will no longer be able to use the program that installs windows on a mac. But computers that already have it installed will still be able to dual boot, right?
Not sure what the issue is. It’s not like your Windows installation is going to stop working – all BootCamp does is create the partition and provide a drivers install disk. These will all remain after the beta expires. All this means is that you won’t be able to create any new Windows installations with Bootcamp after the beta expires.
The ONLY thing I use Bootcamp for is the exam-taking software my school insists on using, which will not work with Parallels or similar; my plan had been to wait on upgrading to Leopard after finals in December… I guess that’s no longer an option.
Well thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I will be looking into parallels or fusion..
In the meantime, If anyone can provide some insight as to technical reasons why I can’t get to the site I use on my Mac, I’d love to hear it..
I’t be great if I had some ammo to go to my IS dept with.. Ultimately, all I want is to able to do all of my work on my Mac without having to use XP.
Thanks again.
Bootcamp is going to continue to run. It’s the set-up assistant that’s going to expire. Bootcamp is going to magically delete the WinXP partition on yours or my Mac. Calm down everybody.
Donna, _try_ this.
It’s beta, but it’s free. And It’ll stay free.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
I use Parallels and Win2000Pro runs smoothly.
MacBook/1GB/200GB@7200rpm/CD1.83GHz