Boot Camp leaves some iMac users in the dark

I have the exact same problem I just argued with apple corporate for 2 days over it. I stated that i was lead to believe that this machine will run windows xp and moc osx. Even there comercials advertise it. This is completely fraudulent on apple's part. They refuse to admit anything and hide behind a beta clause. But how are you to read the little pop ups from bootcamp unless you got a mac..Either way, i was informed by the sales rep that it would work just fine. The worst part is is that i am in the middle of my apple tech training. So they are willing to screw over their own it seems.

As for my issues, i am able to use an external monitor to get around it, but common apple. Do what's right!

"I'm not trying to rub it in ... but you can't say Apple didn't warn you in advance. =) It's even right at the top of the license; they didn't bury it. Personally, I'm surprised at how stable this "beta" has been for me."

Yeah, But they didn't warn me that my iMac would somehow differ from other's... I purchased this iMac so I could do away with my IBM PC & guess what? Its still there & will be for sometime by the looks of it.

You can run bootcamp with an external monitor, but never can you use the internal. This applies to a few lonely imac users who got earlier imacs. (I waited quite a bit, I guess I got an older one that had been sitting around.)

Trying to do necessary functions on an additional external monitor sitting on the same desk as your 24" seems rather ridiculous. It's extra room - and not what I want to be doing at all.

In addition, I had sales reps TELL ME that bootcamp would work. It's why I went with mac in the first place. I wanted osx, but the ability to boot into windows when I had the necessity to. And I can't.

Apple acknowledges nothing, and we're left in the dark. Don't give a beta excuse - give us something to hold on to. Will it ever be fixed? Is there hope with leopard? Say SOMETHING. Firmware? When? Ever? Gaming is impossible. Certain programs are impossible because they're windows only or are still not native intel applicable, so they don't run at full speed (or with other applications open.)

It's bs.

From the Boot Camp software license agreement:

IMPORTANT NOTE: THIS IS BETA, TIME-LIMITED SOFTWARE MEANT FOR EVALUATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS SOFTWARE SHOULD NOT BE USED IN A COMMERCIAL OPERATING ENVIRONMENT OR WITH IMPORTANT DATA. BEFORE INSTALLING THE APPLE SOFTWARE, YOU SHOULD BACK UP ALL OF YOUR DATA AND REGULARLY BACK UP DATA WHILE USING THE APPLE SOFTWARE.

I'm not trying to rub it in ... but you can't say Apple didn't warn you in advance. =) It's even right at the top of the license; they didn't bury it. Personally, I'm surprised at how stable this "beta" has been for me.

As for Apple supporting XP, hell no! They didn't develop it, so why should they fix it? If Adobe's software starts engulfing Macs in flames (think Photoshop filter gone wild), isn't that Adobe's problem to fix?

Of course, Apple should support Boot Camp … once it's RTM. I'm sure they're busy debugging the "killer feature" mobile capabilities of Leopard (OS X Mobile, whee) ... just speculating, of course. =)

strange - no problems here on my 24" imac core2duo:

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I've come across from the XP world... I now own a 24" Core2Duo iMac, but Bootcamp isn't going on my machine until it comes out of beta and final production code. That way I actually get support.

The software is beta and not production quality (yet), anyone who assumes otherwise really needs their head read.

I also have a 24"iMac with the dreaded black screen of death problem.

It is the price I pay for being an early adopter. I understand that.

What I don't understand is Apple's failure to even acknowledge the problem.

I don't even care about running Windows on my Mac. I don't need to and I don't want to on an ongoing basis. I only tried out the Boot Camp thing as matter of interest. Come the release of Leopard, however, I expect everything to operate as advertised or have it replaced/fixed.

Apple's poor attitude has made me angry about a broken function that I don't even want.

One day we early adopter's are all going to learn the lesson and wait for version 2, then after an Apple product launch the silence will be deafening at the cash registers.

Cheers,

Likkie.

iMac 24" owners - have you _ever_ had anything attached to the video out of your iMacs via either the DVI or VGA adapter?

i think guuud is right - in my case, i found boot camp -based launches turning up on the external display vs the integrated one.
(even Parallels does it)

could never figure out why - and now run with a second at all times, so it's not so much an issue.

Hi all --

Apple rep recommended to me that anyone experiencing this submit a report via the Boot Camp feedback form, linked on http://www.apple.com/bootcamp

robotplague: Yes, the issue is not endemic to all 24" iMacs, a subset of machines (possibly with a particular SMC config) are affected.

I am using a 24" imac right now using bootcamp. In fact, I use windows everyday on this machine and I will until a native version of cs3 comes out. I've installed/uninstalled in a few times and it works like a champ. Do some of them work while others don't? Did I do something different?