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That may sound unlikely, but even if you use Windows on your Mac, you're an Apple customer. They've been good about supporting MobileMe and other cross-platform products in the past, so there probably is something to be gained.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
Details: Summer '07 MBP, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Windows 7, Kubuntu 9]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/OSX is the best os evarrrrr!
/sarcasm.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/The worst thing is power, Win 7 can't read the battery life and shuts down within minutes of unplugging from the wall.
None of these issues are insurmountable, though. I use Windows 7 exclusively and only boot to OSX to test platform issues in my projects.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
So again, either you're lying, or Apple, the company you claim never makes bad products, gave you faulty hardware, which one is it?]]>Oct 22nd 2009 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
Just ignore Detox. Nobody gives a shit about his comments anyway. Everybody knows that he's just making up crap to make Apple look good. He has done nothing but point out negative things about anything non-Apple. If there's an article that points out a blunder by Apple, he won't appear. If there's an article about Microsoft scoring some praise, he'll jump right in and start inventing crap like a sissy girl.

He's clearly uneducated, and ridiculously blinded by his adherence to anything Apple, even if it means he'll trample on others to prove his point.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
That being said, I REALLY hope that the bootcamp 'upgrade' isn't mandatory, because I'd really like to continue running 7 on my first-generation Intel iMac. I only really use it for schoolwork (dammit, LOGIC!), and I don't want to have to upgrade it.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
winamp for music
quicktime?? r u kidding me? VLC ftw!
firefox for web.
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Unfortunately, if Windows 7 turns out to be somewhat more useful than Windows XP, I guess I'll be using it in BootCamp, too. Let's hope Apple gets all the Windows 7 BootCamp drivers working properly so it will run faster on a Mac than it does on those other companies cheap PC boxes.

Then I, too, may join the ranks of Microsheeples running Windows 7 with pride.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
Are you lying, or did Apple give you fault hardware?]]>Oct 22nd 2009 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
But then I guess that would mean Apple wrote bad drivers in the beginning. ]]>Oct 22nd 2009 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/1st the audio driver is really bad, the volume is too low (even when maxed out) and the audio jack is useless (how the hel can the speaker work but not the jack?).
And then there's the ram allocation, i dont know if it's the hardware or the OS, but on my 2007 macbook my win7 reported 3GB usable ram but on my unibody mbp15" it only reported 2.7GB.
Multitouch pad driver also are poor at best. It only support 2 finger based input. At times it's wonky and tracking seems to be a problem too.
Speed, win7 on my mbp is slower than win7 on my macbook (in terms of application startup and win bootup/shutdown.

So yeah, apple official support on win7 better come sooner than later.

BTW, I'm one of those guys who hates apple (and their fanboys) and uses Windows XP/Vista/7 on mac products out of spite. But I always like their product built quality and perceived "air of superiority" that they carry. I also like the shock when fanboys see my older 07 MBP17" runs on winxp. Priceless...]]>Oct 23rd 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
So there are issues that an update to Bootcamp would iron out.


Javanese, based of your description, it sounds like you have Win7 32 bit edition. It has a max RAM allocation you can have is 4GB in a 32 bit system.

If you were running 64 bit and had a 64 bit processor, you'd be able to see more than 2.7 or 3GB ram. The reason is that your video card and onboard motherboard memory allocation are also considered in that 4GB maximum. Not just your RAM modules. Hope that helps.]]>Oct 26th 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
The conspiracy theorist would say, why should they add any gleam to the Win 7 release? May as well put the brakes on for a few weeks at least.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
tl;dr: Apple doesn't give a rat's ass about Boot Camp.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/02/apple-sez-itunes-users-should-hold-off-on-vista/]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
I totally agree. iTunes on Windows is a terrible application. Somehow even the UI graphics are kinda flaky.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 12:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 23rd 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
Seriously, people like you just need to be less stupid.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
For everyone else: we use Windows for a reason. Its because everyone else does. Up until 10.6, Exchange support was non-existent in anything but a weekly supported and low performance IMAP interface. In 10.6, only Exchange 2007 is supported--so the good portion of businesses that can't upgrade 2003 to 2007 without significant changes is out of luck. The plight is no different from that of Linux; people want it, but due to poor support and copyright restrictions from Microsoft, we can't use it all the way.

Not everything Apple touches is golden, and not everything Microsoft touches is crap. Is this so hard to comprehend?? Use whichever one suits you better. If Windows 7 crashes constantly and you hate it, give OSX a try. If Windows 7 works great for you and you love it... keep on using it.

Your mileage *will* vary.]]>Oct 23rd 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
And I have no idea what the hell you're talking about regarding sound and video. I play Crysis in Boot Camp at the highest settings and still get 30 FPS. Does that sound like shitty video support to you?]]>Oct 23rd 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
Apple uses the Windows operating systems Because when push comes to shove, if you want to run much of the popular software, it only runs on Windows. Apple still has roughly just 8% of the market for computers. TRANSLATION: too costly and too limiting

Apple uses Intel chips

So WHY is anyone buying an Apple for anything other than appearances?? Is it REALLY worth the expense, just to be seen as "hip" and well heeled?? ]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
I also drive a Volkswagen, sleep at Starbucks and wear black turtlenecks to bed. And when I'm sitting in Starbucks, I yell out, "And now for my next trick I'm going to TURN ON on my iPhone."

That's when the chicks run over.



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Now that was funny...

SP]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
LOL! Speaking of Starbucks, I recall seeing a woman in Starbucks clearly showing off her MacBook Air (heh). She would open and close it a few times, take it out and put it back inside her mesh bag, etc. Very pretentious and very stupid, I must say. She was the only one I had seen with the Air at that time, and today I saw the second person with an Air trying to get tech support over the phone about a website. She worked at a school and it must have been a school district webpage or something. From what I could hear, it looked like it was a Safari issue.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
What do I need Windows for? 99% of the population doesn't do anything that requires that you use Windows, unless your job requires you to run some specific CAD program that cannot be found on OS X. Most of our time is spent on the Internet, which is platform-agnostic. The servers serving up content are mostly running Unix anyway. You should count your blessings that you're able to view the content on your Windows dumb terminal.

As for productive stuff, actually getting work done, Windows is a huge hinderance to my job. I'd need to ssh into some host that I spend all day logged into to get actual work done. Fortunately I have an OS X machine on my desktop so I can easily jump from host to host, copy files around (without opening separate crappy GUI programs like secureCRT and winSCP, or, worse, dealing with Cygwin), run diffs on config files, whatever. If I was on Windows, I'd need to have a bunch of sessions open to a bastion host that I can use to do my actual work and interface directly with proper unix machines.

Compatibility with the world is just hacked-on additions to Windows. I've got a Win7 install in VBox but I haven't installed anything on it because I have no use for the world of proprietary Windows applications that do nothing well.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/

Honestly, the only reason I can think of for purchasing a Mac specifically, all fangirlism aside, is for Final Cut. Other than that Windows is cheaper, and all in all much more stable and faster than it used to be.]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/]]>Oct 22nd 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/Oct 22nd 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/22/apple-will-officially-support-windows-7-in-boot-camp-before-end/
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