Apple's Boot Camp sees quiet update

Apple Computer this week quietly released an update to its Boot Camp software for running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on Intel-based Macs.

The new version — listed as Boot Camp 1.0.2 — is available as an 84.3MB download from Apple's Boot Camp Web site.

In posting the update, Apple offered no documentation or release notes. It's therefore unclear precisely what changes have been made to the software over the previous release.

Since Boot Camp is categorized as "beta" software, Apple does not offer any technical support to users.

Apple announced Boot Camp on April 5th, saying the software would beÂ a feature of â€œLeopard,â€ the company's next major release of Mac OS X.

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23 Comments

ireland

said about 17 years ago

Am I the only one who expects BootCamp to be forgotten about forever when Leopard is released? (with the exception of non-Leopard intel users)

chucker

said about 17 years ago

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Originally posted by Ireland
Am I the only one who expects BootCamp to be forgotten about forever when Leopard is released? (with the exception of non-Leopard intel users)

Yes.

solsun

said about 17 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by Ireland
Am I the only one who expects BootCamp to be forgotten about forever when Leopard is released? (with the exception of non-Leopard intel users)

The name may change but Phillip Schiller recently confirmed that there will be "No virtualization in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, ?our solution is dual boot?"

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/we...omments/10128/

http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/07...smac/index.php

bdkennedy1

said about 17 years ago

"No virtualization in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, ?our solution is dual boot?"

You can't actually believe this. How many times has Apple said no to something and then turned around 6 months later and made it reality?

solsun

said about 17 years ago

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Originally posted by bdkennedy1
"No virtualization in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, ?our solution is dual boot?"

You can't actually believe this. How many times has Apple said no to something and then turned around 6 months later and made it reality?

Firstly, Schillers comment "Absolutely Not" is pretty specific and it is true that R&D costs would be enormous.

Secondly, It doesn't make sense for Apple to include virtualization. It would dis-courage developers from developing OSX specific apps. Do you really want all of your apps looking like Windows apps? I don't.

Thirdly, Apple is promoting "Paralells," as a viable third-party virtualization solution. They wouldn't do this if they were truly planning a virtualization solution themselves.

Fourthly, the legal issue of running Windows apps without Windows. Does Apple actually have the legal right to use WIndows kernel (edit: API?) Whether they do or not, it smells like a big MS vs. Apple legal battle to me. If Apple did this, they would essentially be wiping out the need for consumers to purchase and use Microsofts flagship product. Micorosoft would not take this sitting down.
And ultimately, I believe Microsoft would win in the courts. I honestly don't think Apple will go there.