I have spent hours searching on threads but somehow I see nothing about people using the new Windows 8 build on their mac so I decided to post my thoughts and problems on it. If you have any answers to my questions, or have questions I might be able to answer, please ask!
First of all I'd like to say i am on a 2011 MBA Ultimate
Now first off installing, I did the normal way to install windows 7 with boot camp, simply using the new iso in its place. ran fine took maybe 20 minutes to make my drive. Installing it was RIDICULOUS FAST. it literally took me under 5 minutes for it to install on my mac. (2 of them were for some reason spent having to reformat the partition)
Turning it on for the first time it was as fast as my mac partition to get to a working login screen. The OS is smooth, quick, and responsive. I absolutely love the tweetorama and social apps that are included. the system is pre-beta but it already feels surprisingly close to rc status in my opinion. It took a bit to get used to all of the gestures that were clearly designed with tablets in mind but it became easier to navigate as I tried.
Then came the problems. I cannot figure out why most of the drivers do not work. No right clicking or scrolling on my trackpad, no audio, no backlight keyboard. Most of the other things worked such as wifi. I tried to reinstall the latest version of boot camp on windows but it says I already have it installed when I do not. I tried installing macdrive 8 and 9 but it says it is only compatible with windows 7 and lower. (Win8 is supposed to run ALL Win7 just fine)
Tips:
- Command is windows key as usual BUT the windows key is the equivalent of a home key. Press it and you'll be whisked away to the start screen.
- Been trying to change that green background color, have had no success figuring it out.
- Side by side apps = Along with windows snap one of the reasons windows keeps pulling me back with my mac playing middleman
I will be doing much more exploring and in depth looks but I'd love to hear from anyone else who has tried it. How has it been working for you? Have you fixed any of the things I couldn't? I understand that it is a developer preview but I feel some/most of these problems aren't directly due to the OS so much as compatibility or something
EDIT: I neglected to mention I was running the 32Bit Verison
First of all I'd like to say i am on a 2011 MBA Ultimate
Now first off installing, I did the normal way to install windows 7 with boot camp, simply using the new iso in its place. ran fine took maybe 20 minutes to make my drive. Installing it was RIDICULOUS FAST. it literally took me under 5 minutes for it to install on my mac. (2 of them were for some reason spent having to reformat the partition)
Turning it on for the first time it was as fast as my mac partition to get to a working login screen. The OS is smooth, quick, and responsive. I absolutely love the tweetorama and social apps that are included. the system is pre-beta but it already feels surprisingly close to rc status in my opinion. It took a bit to get used to all of the gestures that were clearly designed with tablets in mind but it became easier to navigate as I tried.
Then came the problems. I cannot figure out why most of the drivers do not work. No right clicking or scrolling on my trackpad, no audio, no backlight keyboard. Most of the other things worked such as wifi. I tried to reinstall the latest version of boot camp on windows but it says I already have it installed when I do not. I tried installing macdrive 8 and 9 but it says it is only compatible with windows 7 and lower. (Win8 is supposed to run ALL Win7 just fine)
Tips:
- Command is windows key as usual BUT the windows key is the equivalent of a home key. Press it and you'll be whisked away to the start screen.
- Been trying to change that green background color, have had no success figuring it out.
- Side by side apps = Along with windows snap one of the reasons windows keeps pulling me back with my mac playing middleman
I will be doing much more exploring and in depth looks but I'd love to hear from anyone else who has tried it. How has it been working for you? Have you fixed any of the things I couldn't? I understand that it is a developer preview but I feel some/most of these problems aren't directly due to the OS so much as compatibility or something
EDIT: I neglected to mention I was running the 32Bit Verison
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Almost done hacking the BootCamp64.MSI file to allow it to install on Windows 8.
