Is it possible to install Boot Camp 3.0 or higher on Windows 7 64-bit when dual booting with Leopard? What I've been reading suggests I need the Snow Leopard disc for Boot Camp 3.0+ and Windows 7 compatibility, but I only have the Leopard OEM disc.
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Leopard + Boot Camp 64-bit Windows 7
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It's not my Mac it belongs to a school. I just want to know if I have to buy Snow Leopard or not.
EDIT: Ok, thanks!
r.j.s
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balamw
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Just curious if it belongs to the school what are you doing installing Windows on it?
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They want their iMacs to dual boot with Windows 7. No idea why, I'm just prepping the images.
balamw
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Yeah, then to be license compliant they will want to have $29 SL licenses for each iMac for the Boot Camp drivers, right? (Even if they only install the driver's it's the only legit way to get a license.)
Also, you are sure that these are on the 64 bit compatibility list, right?
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Oh? I'll check that out, that is pretty important. You have a link to something explaining that? They run 64-bit Win7 fine, but I haven't tested this on all the iMac models yet. I think we can switch to 32-bit Win7 if we can't run 64-bit.
balamw
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846 is the official list. Doesn't mean they can't run 64 bit, just means Apple doesn't support it due to EFI incompatibilities and drivers they don't provide.
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