Slash LaneIn October, the Cupertino-based Mac maker said it planned to deliver support for Windows 7 through an update to Boot Camp that would arrive be year's end.
"Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year," the company wrote in a support document. "This support will require a software update to Boot Camp."
Asked whether Apple still planned to make good on that promise, a company support representative fielding Boot Camp-related questions said his division has received no update on the matter and his belief was that the update was still undergoing tests.
The representative said it was very unlikely that the update would surface in the next 24 hours, adding that a release sometime early next year would be a safer bet.
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You mean I'm not supposed to be already running Windows 7 on my Mac Pro? Oops? Should I uninstall it and wait for Apple to support it?
Windows 7 is running beautifully on my Mac already. What the heck do I need Apple for?
Probably waiting on official driver support and certification. It may currently work with some hardware and software, but not others.
Please take you time, test it, and get it working right Apple before it is publicly released.
You mean I'm not supposed to be already running Windows 7 on my Mac Pro? Oops? Should I uninstall it and wait for Apple to support it?
Windows 7 is running beautifully on my Mac already. What the heck do I need Apple for?
What is the real benefit versus a virtual machine? I prefer to have other OSes running in a window on a separate display.
What is the real benefit versus a virtual machine? I prefer to have other OSes running in a window on a separate display.
Performance. It's always faster to run an OS natively than in a virtual machine running on top of another OS.
What is the real benefit versus a virtual machine? I prefer to have other OSes running in a window on a separate display.
On my MP? Gaming on windows and performance on linux. On windows I want DX10 (though I dont honestly game all that often).
When I boot to debian I want the OS to see all 8 cores - there's many scientific apps I run that work *far* better on linux. Usually I run them on one of several clusters available to me, but sometimes I need to test things locally.