You just need to do a fresh install. This is more of a problem on Windows, (though it started getting better with Vista), but as you install stuff and uninstall stuff, your system gets a bit gunked up. Not to mention how full your harddrive is makes a difference, etc. Beyond that, the biggest thing is that the software tends to get more resource intensive.
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Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year
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You just need to do a fresh install. This is more of a problem on Windows, (though it started getting better with Vista), but as you install stuff and uninstall stuff, your system gets a bit gunked up. Not to mention how full your harddrive is makes a difference, etc. Beyond that, the biggest thing is that the software tends to get more resource intensive.
Identifying Version of Boot Camp
Hi all,
How can I check which version of Boot Camp I am running now? I am running Snow Leopard on two MacBook Pros.
Looking forward to that official release of Boot Camp for Win7. Will that be Boot Camp version 3.0?
Thanks!
Hi all,
How can I check which version of Boot Camp I am running now? I am running Snow Leopard on two MacBook Pros.
Looking forward to that official release of Boot Camp for Win7. Will that be Boot Camp version 3.0?
Thanks!
Another big part of the issue is that many applications run stuff in the background, so that as you add apps you get more and more processes running (and chewing up memory and CPU). Starting those background tasks when you boot and log in takes extra time too.
For example, every icon in the system tray on Windows represents a process running on the system - if you have lots of icons there, you probably have a lot of garbage running.
Many of those are unnecessary, and can be turned off or disabled with no change in the way the app works.
Snow Leopard comes with the Boot Camp 3.0 driver set. I've been using those sucessfully in 32 and 64-bit Windows 7.
I have Windows 7 x64 running acceptably within VMWare Fusion 3 at the moment, but it's with tasks like virtualization that one really hopes and prays for a MBP quad-core option.
Actually I've just tried to install 64bit version of windows 7 on boot camp 3, you're right, it works just fine without official support
Actually I've just tried to install 64bit version of windows 7 on boot camp 3, you're right, it works just fine without official support
I've found that most Vista drivers are fine in Win7 x64 and x86. Sometimes Win7 drivers have more features (like WDDM 1.1), but they'll run fine.
Whenever i start up my Windows 7 installation in Bootcamp on my early 2009 iMac the soundcard puts out a sinus wave at full volume.
Don't have this in OSX, but cannot find any hints if it's the driver or something. Don't have this sinus wave if i boot up with a headphone attached to the iMac, but as soon as i put out the plug i get this sinus wave.
And believe me, this sinus wave really hurts my ears.
Don't have this in OSX, but cannot find any hints if it's the driver or something. Don't have this sinus wave if i boot up with a headphone attached to the iMac, but as soon as i put out the plug i get this sinus wave.
And believe me, this sinus wave really hurts my ears.
Whenever i start up my Windows 7 installation in Bootcamp on my early 2009 iMac the soundcard puts out a sinus wave at full volume.
Don't have this in OSX, but cannot find any hints if it's the driver or something. Don't have this sinus wave if i boot up with a headphone attached to the iMac, but as soon as i put out the plug i get this sinus wave.
And believe me, this sinus wave really hurts my ears.
Bet it's tough on your nose, too.
Sounds like you need some kleenex.
Touchpad Driver Problems?
I'm not sure what problems you may or may not be experiencing. I'm running Windows 2008 R2 64-bit (essentially the server version of Win7), and I'm able to do most, if not all of the same gestures on my touchpad that I can in Mac OS X.
I'm not sure what problems you may or may not be experiencing. I'm running Windows 2008 R2 64-bit (essentially the server version of Win7), and I'm able to do most, if not all of the same gestures on my touchpad that I can in Mac OS X.
Bet it's tough on your nose, too.
Sounds like you need some kleenex.
Ok ok, it's called sine wave. Sorry, sometimes my english sucks sometimes (2nd language, native german). It's really strange, my iMac doesn't have this behavior (the _sine_ wave during startup of windows 7 or unplugging the headphone after windows 7 has started) with OSX, so it might be a driver issue.
Will try to deinstall the driver sometime within the next days just for testing purposes.
Unfortunately you can't, at least not legally. Then again, you don't have to install SL. Just use the drivers from the disk. $29 for Windows drivers.
Well, it is a cost-benefit equation. Obviously, waiting 40 seconds matters more to you than running Windows.
Its not how the computer is supposed to perform, so why should I put up with it? Windows 7 still doesn't run right on the mini when compared to a conventional PC anyway.
I've modded the mini with a fast SSD and 5 gigs of RAM as I want something small silent and very nippy.
Looks like there's just a few days left on that "Official Support" statement. Seems unlikely that they'd wait this long just to roll out an update for boot camp this late in the year.
I have a late 2008 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard with a boot camp for XP. Would I have any problems wiping out my XP partition and installing Windows 7 x64 on the current version of Boot Camp? Are there any suspected reasons to wait for official support?
I have a late 2008 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard with a boot camp for XP. Would I have any problems wiping out my XP partition and installing Windows 7 x64 on the current version of Boot Camp? Are there any suspected reasons to wait for official support?
NOT coming before end of year!
Just read this post from Btdk34 on the apple discusion forums, it says:
"To all that are interested, I just called apple technical support and they said Boot Camp will support Windows 7 sometime in the beginning of next year. They also said to call back next week for more information, and I will let you know what I find out."
Just read this post from Btdk34 on the apple discusion forums, it says:
"To all that are interested, I just called apple technical support and they said Boot Camp will support Windows 7 sometime in the beginning of next year. They also said to call back next week for more information, and I will let you know what I find out."
Because the alternative is hose the whole lot and don't use it at all. It's a simple choice of options.
If your car takes 40 seconds to warm up before you can drive it, will you refuse to drive at all and instead walk? Or push the car off a cliff? Or will you wait the 40 seconds, until the issue is fixed?
It's called a Work Around. In the world of, well, everything, when something isn't working 100%, you try to at least keep things working the best you can, to maintain business-as-usual as much as you can. That may mean using a slightly different workflow or method of operation (eg: making only right-turns), or applying a temporary fix (eg: sticky tape).
THEN when a permanent fix is available, you apply it and wash your hands of the issue entirely.
Sometimes the Work Around is to do nothing eg: it's working, but slightly degraded in experience (speed, quietness, comfort, cooling/heating ability). Sometimes you have a choice of Work Around: wait the 40 seconds, or get angry and throw the whole thing in the garbage.
I would just wait the 40 seconds. You chose to shove the car off a cliff. Good for you. Now you can stop complaining about it, because you've resolved the issue.