Windows 7 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard at no additional cost

I've been running the betas on my macbook pro since the 1st beta was released. I first used it via boot camp and it ran like a champ. then I needed to access a windows environment quicker for website testing so decided to install windows 7 rc1 via parallels. Its great. I like carrying my mac around knowing I can help anyone out (either mac or pc). Next install....Chrome OS beta.

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I have installed Windows 7 in Fusion. It is going good.... the Aeropeek feature does not work... it looks like Windows 7 does not have the right driver for the video card !! Has anybody come across this problem ??

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I had issues with the student version, doing a custom install on a windows xp virtual machine on VMware.. it took forever to fix it. It kept asking for a vmware scsi driver, otherwise it wouldn't do the install. once i figured out where to download the file i had to then mount it in the virtual machine and point the windows 7 installer to the A: drive.

THEN there was the issue of NAT internet not working. I had to remove a driver, then tell windows 7 to search the entire hard drive for a driver, and it just so happened it found one, fixing that issue.

itis a great improvement for Microsoft.

I'm waiting for VMWARE Fusion 3 to come out next week.... then I'll probably install. Can I install via boot-camp but also use VMware to run the boot-camp virtually? I remember parallels having that function a while back at least (maybe v2?)

I've been running the 64-bit retail version of windows 7 ultimate via bootcamp for about a week now and must say I'm pleasantly surprised how smoothly it went. All the hardware works fine with the bootcamp 3.0 drivers and overall performance is great. Only complaint is the battery life on windows suffers a lot compared to osx.

Windows 7 has been great i cant even go back to XP any more. The only thing I'm Waiting on is for those official Drivers and apple said those will be out later this year hope its not much later.

I've been using the RC on my MacBook Pro for a while now (TechNet subscriber).

Windows 7 is a great OS and a nice step forward for MS. Being able to run 2 great OSs on one machine is awesome.

I do have one huge grip with Bootcamp though. Apple has locked down the Nvidia 9400m graphics on higher end models. You can't use the 9400m in Windows, only the 9600m GT. This makes the machine get HOT and battery life goes down the toilet.

Apple's KB article says that it's not supported by Windows, but it obviously is since other PC manufacturers use it. There is even a better implementation than OS X's in Hybrid SLI, which allows the 9600m GT to turn on and off on the fly, as it is needed for the boost, with no need to to log out and back in as on OS X.

I really wish they'd fix it.

Installed it last night (from the Windows Party Pack - Ultimate for FREE!) using boot camp. Installation was smooth BUT getting there took hours - I had no contiguous space to create the Windows partition using boot camp so I used iDefrag (which ROCKS!) to defrag my HD - had to boot from a CD to run the full defrag. $30 WELL SPENT!

And Windows 7 is LIGHTNING FAST on a newish MacBookPro.

I bought my 27" iMac yesterday from Apple Store, apparently they won't ship the iMac until Monday. I am still setting up the iMac. The first thing I did is install VMware fusion and setup Windows 7 (Enterprise version not release candidate). I had problem with Windows 7 on Virtualbox before, however, the VMware fusion works like charm. I maximized the Windows 7 on another Space. I feel like I have 2 machines running at the same time and sharing a screen. I don't think bootcamp is good as I won't even bother to boot to Windows partition.