BootCamp 3.2 Update for MacBook Pro (early 2011)

MacRumors · Apr 8, 2011, 09:26 AM

Apple released a Boot Camp update for early 2011 MacBook Pros:

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This Boot Camp update addresses issues with shutdown, Japanese and Korean keyboards on early 2011 MacBook Pro.

Article Link: BootCamp 3.2 Update for MacBook Pro (early 2011)

ghostlyorb · Apr 8, 2011, 09:34 AM

getting ready to order my new MBP soon.. so I'm glad there is an update incase I want to do bootcamp instead of VMWare.

rturner2 · Apr 8, 2011, 10:01 AM

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@ghostlyorb... Beware that running windows via bootcamp doesn't support graphics switching (like in Mac side) between intel and AMD graphics. Sucks big time. Less battery life and more heat. Apple should bring out updated drivers at least to allow manual switching (can't even choose intel graphics!)

So this update to bootcamp probably doesn't mean much unless it improves the graphics. Running windows on Mac is definitely not as good as running windows on a windows pc.

SakBee · Apr 8, 2011, 10:24 AM

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My control button is useless in bootcamp. I hope they update this soon. It's not a deal breaker, but it's annoying at times when I'm not using my portable mouse.

ghostlyorb · Apr 8, 2011, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by rturner2

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@ghostlyorb... Beware that running windows via bootcamp doesn't support graphics switching (like in Mac side) between intel and AMD graphics. Sucks big time. Less battery life and more heat. Apple should bring out updated drivers at least to allow manual switching (can't even choose intel graphics!)

So this update to bootcamp probably doesn't mean much unless it improves the graphics. Running windows on Mac is definitely not as good as running windows on a windows pc.

Yeah thanks. I'll mostly be using VMWare for most of everything for college. I have a few programs for work that are Windows only, but I'll just use VMware for that too. No sense installing a partition for only using a few times. Plus.. with the 2.3GHz quad i7.. I have the power to do everything in mac!

carltabet · Apr 8, 2011, 10:50 AM

This update should solve the shutdown issue I've had since day 1 on my new 15' MBP.

guzhogi · Apr 8, 2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ghostlyorb

Yeah thanks. I'll mostly be using VMWare for most of everything for college. I have a few programs for work that are Windows only, but I'll just use VMware for that too. No sense installing a partition for only using a few times. Plus.. with the 2.3GHz quad i7.. I have the power to do everything in mac!

Sorry, a little off topic, but I've considered getting VMWare or Parallels, but have one question: can I create a BootCamp partition and then use it as a source disk in VMWare/Parallels? Just so that I could do the best of both worlds as I need it?

ZBB · Apr 8, 2011, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by guzhogi

Sorry, a little off topic, but I've considered getting VMWare or Parallels, but have one question: can I create a BootCamp partition and then use it as a source disk in VMWare/Parallels? Just so that I could do the best of both worlds as I need it?

Yes.

But there are a couple downsides to it. For example, you have to be careful if you sleep the Win partition when using in VMWare/Parallels. You should shut down Windows in VMWare and then reboot the next time you go in (either VMWare or BootCamp)

When I first got VMWare I did a joint VMWare/BootCamp partition. I eventually just moved to VMWare only because it was simpler and I really didn't need BootCamp -only items anymore...

LegendKillerUK · Apr 8, 2011, 12:30 PM

Unless you need to run something powerful then BootCamp is more hassle than it's worth. Simply because I hate having to restart.

The lack of fluid read/write between each file system is also annoying.

Detrius · Apr 8, 2011, 01:12 PM

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My control button is useless in bootcamp. I hope they update this soon. It's not a deal breaker, but it's annoying at times when I'm not using my portable mouse.

You mean for "right" clicking? You do know you can do that with a two-finger click, don't you?

kainjow · Apr 8, 2011, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by carltabet

This update should solve the shutdown issue I've had since day 1 on my new 15' MBP.

What was the issue? I've seen it a few times just lock up completely when trying to shutdown/restart in Windows.

dal20402 · Apr 8, 2011, 03:23 PM

I also started with a Boot Camp partition that I would usually run in VMWare Fusion and then eventually just dropped the Boot Camp partition in favor of a normal VM.

Another disadvantage of that setup is that, for whatever reason, disk performance is s-l-o-w in Fusion when booting from a Boot Camp partition. I never tried it with an SSD, but with a spinny disk I waited forever for disk I/O, including bootups of Windows. With a normal VM it was several times faster.

carltabet · Apr 8, 2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by kainjow

What was the issue? I've seen it a few times just lock up completely when trying to shutdown/restart in Windows.

It's exactly that issue, the same day I got the Mac, I installed Windows 7 64 bit and it wouldn't shutdown. I'd get the Shutting Down message and it just stayed there. The Windows installation was completely fresh, nothing extra installed yet. But the restart procedure worked so I think Boot Camp had an issue shutting down a device on those Early 2011 MacBooks.

However, it seems this update breaks the ability to set the brightness, I'll be checking this soon.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._problems.html

secretanchitman · Apr 8, 2011, 09:58 PM

i have installed windows 7 ultimate SP1 x64 without any issues. also updated to boot camp v3.2 and still have yet to see/experience any of the shutdown or brightness issues.

must be lucky...

BigHungry04 · Apr 9, 2011, 12:35 PM

I wonder if this will fix the issue with PowerPoint crashing every time I try to edit a presentation.

LegendKillerUK · Apr 11, 2011, 03:12 PM

Even with the update my trackpad randomly stopped working and the damn thing gets very hot all over. Everything is fine in OSX of course.

Steelers7510 · Apr 12, 2011, 04:56 PM

Short and sweet article right here.

Boris A · Apr 16, 2011, 04:01 PM

So it makes no sense to update if I've got a mid 2010 MacBook Pro, right?

TNAJanssen · Apr 20, 2011, 03:40 PM

I just got my macbook pro 15.4(2011 i7 2.2ghz 8gb ram 500gb 7200rpm hd6750) a couple of days ago and today i found out that my bluetooth driver isn't installed in windows 7 x64(smbus and an pci neither but got it working with intel update utility

) doest anybody knows a solution?

Apr 8, 2011, 09:34 AM	#2
ghostlyorb macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia, USA	getting ready to order my new MBP soon.. so I'm glad there is an update incase I want to do bootcamp instead of VMWare. __________________ 2011 15.4" High Res MBP 2.3GHz i7 Quad, 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200 RPM HD iPhone 5 16GB White AT&T iPad (3rd gen) 32GB iPad mini 16GB +AT&T
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Apr 8, 2011, 10:50 AM	#6
carltabet macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paris	Thank God ! This update should solve the shutdown issue I've had since day 1 on my new 15' MBP.
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Apr 8, 2011, 09:58 PM	#14
secretanchitman macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2007	i have installed windows 7 ultimate SP1 x64 without any issues. also updated to boot camp v3.2 and still have yet to see/experience any of the shutdown or brightness issues. must be lucky... __________________ iPhone 4S 64GB (black) on Sprint Macbook Pro 15" (Early 2011) \| Core i7 2.2Ghz \| AMD Radeon 6750m 1GB \| 16GB DDR3-1333 \| 1680x1050 anti-glare \| Patriot Wildfire 240GB \| OSX 10.6.8
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Apr 9, 2011, 12:35 PM	#15
BigHungry04 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kentucky	I wonder if this will fix the issue with PowerPoint crashing every time I try to edit a presentation. __________________ "Nobody's perfect. Well there was this one guy, but we killed him." -Anonymous
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Apr 12, 2011, 04:56 PM	#17
Steelers7510 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: The Internet	Short and sweet article right here. __________________ 21.5" 3.06GHz iMac (late 2009), 13" 1.8GHz i5 Macbook Air (Mid 2012), iPhone 5 (32GB) VZW, iPad (3rd Generation) Black 32GB WiFi
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Apr 8, 2011, 10:01 AM	#3
rturner2 macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2009	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5) @ghostlyorb... Beware that running windows via bootcamp doesn't support graphics switching (like in Mac side) between intel and AMD graphics. Sucks big time. Less battery life and more heat. Apple should bring out updated drivers at least to allow manual switching (can't even choose intel graphics!) So this update to bootcamp probably doesn't mean much unless it improves the graphics. Running windows on Mac is definitely not as good as running windows on a windows pc.
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Apr 8, 2011, 10:24 AM	#4
SakBee macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2011	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8F190 Safari/6533.18.5) My control button is useless in bootcamp. I hope they update this soon. It's not a deal breaker, but it's annoying at times when I'm not using my portable mouse.
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Apr 8, 2011, 12:30 PM	#9
LegendKillerUK macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2010	Unless you need to run something powerful then BootCamp is more hassle than it's worth. Simply because I hate having to restart. The lack of fluid read/write between each file system is also annoying.
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Apr 8, 2011, 03:23 PM	#12
dal20402 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2006	I also started with a Boot Camp partition that I would usually run in VMWare Fusion and then eventually just dropped the Boot Camp partition in favor of a normal VM. Another disadvantage of that setup is that, for whatever reason, disk performance is s-l-o-w in Fusion when booting from a Boot Camp partition. I never tried it with an SSD, but with a spinny disk I waited forever for disk I/O, including bootups of Windows. With a normal VM it was several times faster.
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Apr 11, 2011, 03:12 PM	#16
LegendKillerUK macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2010	Even with the update my trackpad randomly stopped working and the damn thing gets very hot all over. Everything is fine in OSX of course.
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Apr 16, 2011, 04:01 PM	#18
Boris A macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008	So it makes no sense to update if I've got a mid 2010 MacBook Pro, right?
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Apr 20, 2011, 03:40 PM	#19
TNAJanssen macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2011	No Bluetooth I just got my macbook pro 15.4(2011 i7 2.2ghz 8gb ram 500gb 7200rpm hd6750) a couple of days ago and today i found out that my bluetooth driver isn't installed in windows 7 x64(smbus and an pci neither but got it working with intel update utility) doest anybody knows a solution?
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