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MBP 13.3 Ultimate Win7 Notebook
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I am another individual who uses my MBP mainly with Windows 7. Personally I find W7 > OS X >> Vista, XP,...
That say, I do miss the > 2 finger gestures. At the very least, Apple could have written an HID driver for the multi-touch pad so that tablet support ican be enabled in Windows.
Windows 7 RC1 is currently provided to everyone who wants to try it. It is fully functional till March. You can download it here,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
You can install W7 just like any other Windows editions.
That say, I do miss the > 2 finger gestures. At the very least, Apple could have written an HID driver for the multi-touch pad so that tablet support ican be enabled in Windows.
Windows 7 RC1 is currently provided to everyone who wants to try it. It is fully functional till March. You can download it here,
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx
You can install W7 just like any other Windows editions.
exactly. Download, burn the ISO file to DVD (I used disk utility in "utilities" folder, just click burn, then select the ISO file, and voila).
THEN start up bootcamp, follow instructions, and install windows. When computer restarts into Windows 7 installation, choose the bootcamp partition to install Windows on, reformat to NTFS, and install windows. Should work without a hitch.
AFTER installation, boot into Windows and put in your OS X restore disk, it'll install all the drivers so all of the macbook keyboard buttons (well most of them) will work in Windows.
THEN boot back into OS X (if you have trouble, just hold down the "option" key right when the computer is powered on in order to select between booting into windows vs OS X. Load up your VM app of choice ( I use parallels 4), and create a new Virtual MAchine. Choose custom install, select Bootcamp, follow directions, and BAM, both bootcamp and VM use same Windows 7 install. Truly amazing. I'm still in awe of how well it works even though I"ve been using this setup for months now.
goood luck and let us know if you need help
I don't know why people feel like they have to choose between Windows 7 and Leopard. You can have the best of both worlds at the same time with Parallels or VMWare. I'm currently running Leopard, XP, Windows 7 and Linux Ubuntu.
i am running win 7 rc 7201 on on my 13 mbp using vmware fusion. i really like the unity feature allowing me to open a windows app in a window in os x. very nice to be able to run metatrader 4 trading software while on my mac. its plenty snappy for me to do windows task in. obviously your not going to have nice game play, but it will do windows apps well. i even erased my xp pro bootcamp it was working so well.
i installed win 7 on my work dell latitude e6400 and its doing everything i need it to do right now. very cool! i opened the box from dell and booted straight into the win 7 disc. I am liking the dell so much with win 7 i even considered selling the new mbp.
i installed win 7 on my work dell latitude e6400 and its doing everything i need it to do right now. very cool! i opened the box from dell and booted straight into the win 7 disc. I am liking the dell so much with win 7 i even considered selling the new mbp.
I'm running all 4 on Parallels as we speak. Things are a bit sluggish as you can imagine with 4 OS's running, but its possible. I don't really have a need to run more than two at once though.
I installed Windows 7 tonight via BootCamp and I'm amazed at how good the screen on my 13" MBP looks while running it.
I feel as though sometimes windows does a better job at handling fonts...is it just me or do they display better under 7 than osx?
As a user with extensive experience with windows 7 and Vista, I can truly appreciate what you're saying. I switched over to leopard full time recently and theres NO way I'm looking back. I have vmware fusion with XP pro x64 running just in case I run into a situation in which I would need to use windows, and I hope that never happens. **knocks on wood**
Not to say that I'm sworn to apple. If microsoft comes out with a better OS would consider it, the only thing is I doubt this will ever happen. Either way in terms of notebook machines I would still run windows on a MBP over an HP, Dell, etc. any day of the week. They would have to transform their entire OS epistemology.
OSX FTW!
ive been running windows 7 through vmware and despite not having full support yet, it runs flawlessly! compared to virtually running xp and vista through vmware its also much kinda on resources.
I had (almost) the same plan when I bought my first Mac last week (a MacBook Pro 13), my plan was to install Windows 7 with bootcamp. But, as I didn't have the time nor the energy to install it right away I gave Leopard a run. Boy, this OS is rather nice
If it wasn't for my stupid online banking (no OS X support) I'd continue to only run OS X on my MBP.Right now I'm kind of in between wether or not to instal Windows 7
I do have a stationary PC with both Vista and 7 in my home office, I guess I could always use that one when I need to take care of my finances... I never had a mb, so my question to those who uses windows on mb is
how about alt key and right mouse click? what do you do when you need to use those ? I don't like to plug in 2 button mouse all the time for right click.
I am considering to get mbp 13inch or sony TT
how about alt key and right mouse click? what do you do when you need to use those ? I don't like to plug in 2 button mouse all the time for right click.
I am considering to get mbp 13inch or sony TT
I did that for several months when OSX was my main OS. Visual Studio 2008 + SQL Server 2005 Dev Edition running in a VMWare Fusion machine was slow and for some reason would just pause intermittently when typing. If I allocated more memory to the machine, the guest became slower. It's much better now that I'm using Windows 7. I use VMWare to run Debian for my open source projects.
Right click is supported, use two fingers when tapping. There are two Alt keys located on either side of the space bar. What bothers me more is there is only one Ctrl key and of course it's on the left side. That sucks if you're used to Ctrl+X, Ctrl+Z which is usually the Right Ctrl key in combination with the letter on the left hand. The keyboard is a bit frustrating (for a long time Windows user) since it lacks PC keys. You can get most of the keys by pressing a combination of keys, but that slows me down. VIM is quickly becoming my favorite editor precisely for this reason.
I had (almost) the same plan when I bought my first Mac last week (a MacBook Pro 13), my plan was to install Windows 7 with bootcamp. But, as I didn't have the time nor the energy to install it right away I gave Leopard a run. Boy, this OS is rather nice
Right now I'm kind of in between wether or not to instal Windows 7
Use VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox then. VirtualBox, being free, is probably a better option if you don't need to do much in Windows.
Good to know about the double tapping. Also, with Ctrl+C, +V, +Z... I've never seen someone use the right Ctrl in combination with the letter. That just sounds weird haha. Most people I think use one hand, hitting Ctrl with your left pinky and then hitting the letter key with your index.
For those of you who want to try the Release Candidate of Windows 7 for free, I suggest you get your free license and download the bits soon. The page says only through June, so they may start taking it down come July. Supposedly the final RTM build should be put out in late July and shortly thereafter released to Software Assurance customers. Final commercial release is due out on October 22nd. They have the whole press release and everything up over at their site: http://tinyurl.com/832nco
Still, barring a few driver issues, which Apple will likely mend with later updates to BootCamp and its driver pack, Windows 7 looks beautiful on MacBooks. It makes me wish that they made multi-touch screens for them.
Still, barring a few driver issues, which Apple will likely mend with later updates to BootCamp and its driver pack, Windows 7 looks beautiful on MacBooks. It makes me wish that they made multi-touch screens for them.
Well, that was a bit disappointing... I've just tried to run Windows 7 booth using BootCamp and Fusion. I don't think I will be using any one of 'em. Running in BootCamp is like running windows on any other laptop out there, no frills or news to write home about - it's Windows... I can't see myself to bother to quit OS X just to run the odd app every now and then, it's to time consuming and tedious. Also, since there's no good way of accessing my files from Windows (the ones that resides in my OS X) it's rather impractical as you're forced to manually sync the installations using external discs or USB sticks.
I had high expectations of WMwares unity mode, but it turns out to be so damn slow and sluggish that I can't bother
So, to sum it up: Mac OS X and the MacBook Pro 13 has made me fall in love in just two weeks and I plan to stand by it I'll just try and find the OS X alternative of any old Windows app that I (think) I need
BTW, does any one of you veterans know of a good flac alternative to Foobar? I've installed SongBird which has all the futures covered on paper, but it's a bit sluggish compared to Foobar and I question it's High-End audio capabilities. VLC wont do as it doesn't have any media library functionality (like Foobar, iTunes or SongBird).
I've just tried to run Windows 7 booth using BootCamp and Fusion. I don't think I will be using any one of 'em. Running in BootCamp is like running windows on any other laptop out there, no frills or news to write home about - it's Windows... I can't see myself to bother to quit OS X just to run the odd app every now and then, it's to time consuming and tedious. Also, since there's no good way of accessing my files from Windows (the ones that resides in my OS X) it's rather impractical as you're forced to manually sync the installations using external discs or USB sticks.I had high expectations of WMwares unity mode, but it turns out to be so damn slow and sluggish that I can't bother
So, to sum it up: Mac OS X and the MacBook Pro 13 has made me fall in love in just two weeks and I plan to stand by it
I'll just try and find the OS X alternative of any old Windows app that I (think) I need BTW, does any one of you veterans know of a good flac alternative to Foobar? I've installed SongBird which has all the futures covered on paper, but it's a bit sluggish compared to Foobar and I question it's High-End audio capabilities. VLC wont do as it doesn't have any media library functionality (like Foobar, iTunes or SongBird).