Is Bootcamp beta reliable?

[Jamiephofe]

Pretty straight forward question.

Certain plugins I use are only compatible with Windows, so I will have to dual boot Mac OS and Windows. Obviously the Bootcamp released with Leopard will be stable (hopefully), but I need my MBP in October, not 3 months from October when it finally ships.

I need to know whether performance will be affected as it is a beta release, also if there are any additional complications due to running the beta version.

Thank you

- Jamie

 

[XheartcoreboyX]

Pretty straight forward question.

Certain plugins I use are only compatible with Windows, so I will have to dual boot Mac OS and Windows. Obviously the Bootcamp released with Leopard will be stable (hopefully), but I need my MBP in October, not 3 months from October when it finally ships.

I need to know whether performance will be effected as it is a beta release, also if there are any additional complications due to running the beta version.

Thank you

- Jamie

I wonder the same thing..is Bootcamp going to run EXACTLY like using a pc with windows on it??

 

[robbieduncan]

I wonder the same thing..is Bootcamp going to run EXACTLY like using a pc with windows on it??

Yes. Bootcamp is just a BIOS emulator in EFI. Once Windows boots it no longer uses the BIOS for hardware access so it's totally like running on a normal PC. The hardware is the same.

 

[Frosty1]

I've got Bootcamp, to play my games on, and it it works perfectly fine and is very reliable for me

 

[Jamiephofe]

Yes. Bootcamp is just a BIOS emulator in EFI. Once Windows boots it no longer uses the BIOS for hardware access so it's totally like running on a normal PC. The hardware is the same.

Thank you

 

[XheartcoreboyX]

Yes. Bootcamp is just a BIOS emulator in EFI. Once Windows boots it no longer uses the BIOS for hardware access so it's totally like running on a normal PC. The hardware is the same.

So if i have ANY usb/Express card device..that ONLY works on windows would it work on mac by bootcamp by simply installing the drivers??

 

[robbieduncan]

So if i have ANY usb/Express card device..that ONLY works on windows would it work on mac by bootcamp??

It would work whilst you were running Windows but not in OSX.

 

[XheartcoreboyX]

It would work whilst you were running Windows but not in OSX.

Thanks that was very helpful

 

[Jack Flash]

It's 100% Windows which means it's just as reliable as the Windows you put on it.