Apple Releases Boot Camp Beta

[Chaszmyr]

10.5 Leopard is going be amazing.

So I'm sure everyone noticed that Boot Camp is a beta of a feature in Leopard, but right now it doesn't really seem OS dependent. I think this is just the first step of a virtual Windows environment, personally.

 

[GoCubsGo]

Pardon my ignorance, but how is this good? Isn't the whole reason why we're supposed to "hate" windows is because it's a crap OS anyway open to so many viruses and such...how will this affect the mac computing environment??

 

[aristobrat]

well the driver cd has the ati driver so game sould work just fine. but no isight or remote contol support

This I can live with.

I've been sitting on the edge about getting a MacBook Pro. If there aren't any problems reported after a few days, this release from Apple will have pushed me over to the "gotta get it now!" side.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

No Media Center support though. Hopefully this means Leopard's Front Row will have all the features of Media Center and more.

 

[jer2eydevil88]

No Media Center support though. Hopefully this means Leopard's Front Row will have all the features of Media Center and more.

It is likely that the hack of putting both MCE2005 disc's on one DVD to install will still work with this, it just won't be the solution of choice for most who participate in the beta.

 

[MacRumors]

Apple Releases Boot Camp Beta



Apple posted a new product called "Boot Camp" Beta which will come standard with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The new software allows users to dual-boot Mac OS X and Windows XP.

More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today.

Windows XP is not included, so users will have to purchase it seperately. Current users need the latest version of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and the latest firmware updates.

 

[iflipper]

Civ IV. That's all I care about!

 

[Mindfield]

Hell just froze over

 

[zapp]

Saw it a minute ago, some links are still dead, will be installing later this evening. I am running the onmac hack right now, interesting to see the difference.

 

[kaeptn]

Hi!
I just found this on the apple website.
This is awesome! Great!
Thank you Apple. And now bring out the new Macbooks. Otherwise I can't use Boot Camp!

Bye,
Fritz

 

[kwajo.com]

wow hell froze over

good move but I won't use it. I'll still to either no windows or virtualization. I don't want Windows to run un-isolated on the same system or hard drive as my Mac or any main system for that matter. Keep windows contained and I'm fine with it

 

[beige matchbox]

all i need now is a nice intel powermac and i'm set Can sell a good few machines then

 

[ebunton]

wow

just waiting for the halflife 2 benchmarks now

 

[miloblithe]

I wonder how much more difficult it will be to get both OSX and Windows running at the same time. It'd be a lot more convenient that way. This is still good for games though, unless there are a lot of problems on that front.

 

[Whistleway]

Wow. Steve Jobs is a genius !!! Fricking too good !!

Damn, I now I gotta buy the intel mac when leopard comes around..

 

[DPazdanISU]

Here's a tidbit from Marketwatch:

http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B8CF707F6%2D88A6%2D44B5%2D930B%2D7E09B6DA22A5%7D&siteid=mktw&dist=

 

[Heart Break Kid]

well bloody hell

guess i gotta fork over $3000 for a nice shiny maxed out MBP

 

[Roy Hobbs]

It looks like XP SP2 could be installed on an external drive, then accessed via Option key at startup. This might be a nice way to give it a try without risking valuable data.



Also, a nitpick with the thread title " Apple supports Windows"

From the article, as given by rdowns:

According to the BootCamp Install PDF, the XP partition muct be on the Startup drive

 

[Josh396]

Wow I never thought I would see this happen. However I think it could be good news. It can only increase Apple's market share so from a business stand point it's genius. I'll be interested to see how the graphics card drivers are.

 

[lifeboy001]

That's it, I'm officially buying the first intel iBook that comes off the line (soon i hope!)

This opens up the other half of the world to mac users. Finally something useful.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

I wonder how much more difficult it will be to get both OSX and Windows running at the same time. It'd be a lot more convenient that way. This is still good for games though, unless there are a lot of problems on that front.

Well the hopefully the graphics drivers are good and we can run some demanding games on the iMac and MacBook Pro.

 

[mark88]

Saw it a minute ago, some links are still dead, will be installing later this evening. I am running the onmac hack right now, interesting to see the difference.

Isn't the major difference that you don't have to reinstall OS X? as you do for the onmac method.

 

[Whistleway]

It's a beta, I know. But just to let it out:

Even after installling the Macintosh Drivers CD, the Apple Remote Control (IR), Apple Wireless (Bluetooth) keyboard or mouse, Apple USB Modem, MacBook Pro's sudden motion sensor, MacBook Pro's ambient light sensor, and built-in iSight camera will not function correctly when running Windows.

 

[williamsonrg]

Now I can finally convince my parents to buy a Mac. Personally, I have never found the need to run Windows, but that's just me.

This will lead to more users of OS X, I think, not fewer. People who have been reluctant will be convinced to switch, and once they see how much better OS X is...

 

[JZ Wire]

Holy CRAP!! I really never thought id see this....at least not now.