24 hours of Leopard: Boot Camp
Features: Boot Camp
What it does: Atten-HUT! No more whinin' about how yer Mac won't run Windows without kickin' it around the block a few times. Leopard now comes with Boot Camp so you can tell your machine whether to come to the party dressed in its Leopard or Windows togs. (You, Soldier, better be wearin' yer camo!)
Stop yer complainin' that yer drivers won't work right, neither. Our fine Admirals up at the Cupertino H-Q got ya covered. The Leopard DVD comes with everythin' you need -- if ya think you've got what it takes to handle it.
Already running Boot Camp Beta? Well, ain't you special? Leopard walks you through the upgrade and gives you the new drivers that ya need.
Who will use it: Soldiers who alternate OS X and Windows Vista or XP. Too much dual-bootin' goodness for ya? Toughen up! Get used to it. This is Leopard, ya big lug. Now drop and give me 20!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Carlos said 1:08AM on 10-26-2007
This has got to be one of the worst upgrades that could have been included with Leopard! No true Apple soldier would never load Windows on a Mac. However I still can't wait to get my hands on Leopard.
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bob said 10:07AM on 11-30-2007
What the hell is a true mac soldier ? Maybe you never used windows xp to tell something like that. I'm working every day on the two platforms and I can tell you that the macOS X crash as often then the XP. I'm doing 3D on both platforms and each one have their limits.
All I know is that there people stubborn and they act like they were in a cult.
Cheers
Xavier said 1:15AM on 10-26-2007
UH OH FANBOY ALERT.
Why the hell wouldn't you use bootcamp. I do and I love it.
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Fritz Laurel said 1:22AM on 10-26-2007
No, no, he's right. "No true Apple soldier would never load Windows on a Mac." Read it again. "True Apple soldiers" are typically technologists who are familiar with and use multiple technologies and therefore *would always* load Windows on a Mac. I think he's made a fair assessment.
;)
FL
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mike said 1:31AM on 10-26-2007
i never understood why you would want to run windows on a mac
someone clue me in on this blasphemy
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Carlos said 1:25AM on 10-26-2007
Its like buying a BMW and then switching out the engine with a Kia Rio!!! It makes no sense and may work for a while but sooner or later your going to have to rebuild the engine. Windows is good for two things. 1) Breaking glass when thrown out our bedroom window, and 2) Keeping the Geek Squad employed. With Mac it just works!!!
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Eric Wilks said 1:31AM on 10-26-2007
Has anyone with Boot Camp and/or Parallels made the upgrade yet? I'm planning to get my Leopard tomorrow, but want to wait to make sure there aren't any complications with that part of the upgrade.
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Simon Arch said 1:36AM on 10-26-2007
@Mike: Hm. Maybe because there's an application they need to run that's only available for Windows? Or maybe because there's a game for Windows they want to play, but don't see the point in buying a whole separate computer just for that? Or because they want to? And anyway, what's it to you what other people do with their Macs?
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Tim said 1:50AM on 10-26-2007
Well, you gotta use the video card in your macbook pro somewhere. Boot Camp lets you play games that only work on Windows.
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Will said 2:28AM on 10-26-2007
Well, I'm focusing on the fact that this post was nothing short of adorable, and Lisa I may just love you now.
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Elliot said 2:40AM on 10-26-2007
I have XP on my iMac for one reason: games. After having trudged through 15 years Mac gaming consisting mainly of waiting 6 months to a year for a game to get ported, only to have to pay $50 for a game that by then could be had for $20 on Windows, it's pretty rad to be able to play anything I want.
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Ben the Dog said 3:06AM on 10-26-2007
I use Boot Camp to run work software that doesn't run on a Mac. I'd rather have Boot Camp than have two laptops to drag around
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Eystein said 3:54AM on 10-26-2007
I'm using Parallels now, will it be possible to use Bootcamp in the same way? That is at the same time as osX, or is rebooting needed?
For the record, it's all for running IE when developing webstuff.
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larrylevine said 4:19AM on 10-26-2007
I'm a fanboy and I run parallels. Sometimes you just need windows. I can think of a few times in the past week. I needed to look at some MRI images and the software required Windows to run. I needed it to use Blackberry desktop to do stuff that MissingSync wouldn't do. I needed it to test Safari for windows to see how it works. And last but not least, I needed it to remember why I love my mac!
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Quine said 4:32AM on 10-26-2007
Every OS has its redeeming qualities, and with a Mac you get the best of both worlds:
OS X: getting things accomplished, making things, connecting with people, inventing things, learning things, nearly everything else.
Windows: Makes you glad you have OS X on the computer. Runs Portal.
Everything has its strong points!
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Tom Fox said 7:37AM on 10-26-2007
My question is, can you load windows/bootcamp from an external drive? My internal HD on my Macbook Pro is prime real estate.
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ChrisG said 8:07AM on 10-26-2007
#5 Mike...
Many of us have programs that we have to run for work and rather then be seen with a Dell or HP computer its easier and cheaper to run boot camp whenever we need to get things done for work that are not mac friendly
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Luigi193 said 9:07AM on 10-26-2007
I use Parallels to run one thing. Its a free study program... its called Teach 2000
I freaking love it!!!!! The ONLY reason I have XP!!!
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Mike said 10:05AM on 10-26-2007
Why doesn't Apple ship MacDrive software with Leopard. It is nice having Windows on the same box, but only MacDrive makes it useful.
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Bob S. said 2:33PM on 10-26-2007
My understanding is that -- hang on, this is relevant -- Disk Utility can now resize partitions on the fly. Can it or Boot Camp Assistant now resize the Windows partition? Through the beta, Apple's instructions were to back everything up; wipe the Windows partition; create a new, larger one; and restore everything. Which isn't a very Apple way to do things.
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