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Release date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:36:00 GMT
Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year
Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year
macrumors.com — With the release of Windows 7 today, Apple has posted a new support article announcing that official... support for running Windows 7 on Macs using Apple's Boot Camp solution will be coming later this year. Apple will support Microsoft W... (more) Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming ...
Apple's Snow Leopard bests Windows 7 in speed tests
Apple's Snow Leopard bests Windows 7 in speed tests
appleinsider.com — When both Mac OS X 10.6 and Windows 7 were tested on a MacBook Pro, Apple's new... operating system clearly beat Microsoft in terms of speed, a new test has shown. (more) Apple's Snow Leopard bests Windows 7 in speed tests
Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot Camp before end of year
Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot Camp before end of year
engadget.com — Of course plenty of folks have Windows 7 running in Boot Camp just fine, but if you're... one of those crazies that goes in for Apple's seal of approval you'll have to wait a little bit. The official support is coming "before the end of the year" to ... (more) Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot Camp ...
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Apple: Boot Camp will be late to the Windows 7 party
Macworld — ... , Apple says that Boot Camp users will have to wait a little longer before tearing open their boxes. A new  support document from Apple confirms that the company will indeed support Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate (the three “core” versions Microsoft pushes to the general masses) via its Boot Camp software. However, it sounds like only users of Snow Leopard (which includes Boot Camp 3.0, for those keeping track) will get official drivers from Apple. Even then, in a time when Microsoft has managed to get much of the PC industry on board to support its latest ...

About Boot Camp and Windows 7
Chicago Mac/PC Support — ... From an Apple document that states “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. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp.”  Read more here. ...

Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... year's end. But some older Intel-based machines won't get any Windows 7 love. Some older iMacs and MacBooks Pro (2006 vintage, with Intel processors) will be unable to support Windows 7 running in Boot Camp for whatever reason—not great news, unfortunately. Apple also adds that Boot Camp will need a software update before it officially supports Windows 7. But for owners of recent Apple hardware, it may soon get a lot easier to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp. [Apple via Engadget via Mac Rumors] ...

Apple to Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... year's end. But some older Intel-based machines won't get any Windows 7 love. Some older iMacs and MacBooks Pro (2006 vintage, with Intel processors) will be unable to support Windows 7 running in Boot Camp for whatever reason—not great news, unfortunately. Apple also adds that Boot Camp will need a software update before it officially supports Windows 7. But for owners of recent Apple hardware, it may soon get a lot easier to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp. [Apple via Engadget via Mac Rumors] ...

Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot Camp before end of year
Engadget — ... Of course plenty of folks have Windows 7 running in Boot Camp just fine, but if you're one of those crazies that goes in for Apple's seal of approval you'll have to wait a little bit. The official support is coming "before the end of the year" to Snow Leopard ...

Apple's Boot Camp 'will support Windows 7' by year's end, company states
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Apple will introduce support for Windows 7 within Boot Camp by the end of the year, the company has confirmed. In a short tech support document posted to the Apple site, the company said, "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 also confirmed, "This support will require a software update to Boot Camp." Apple did not reveal a schedule for the Boot Camp update. Apple also warned of nine Mac models that ...

Apple's Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support
Infinite Loop — ... If your copy of Windows 7 has arrived and you are champing at the bit to get it installed on your Mac via Boot Camp, you may want to slow down. According to an Apple Knowledge Base posting ( ...

Windows 7 and Boot Camp
MacFixIt — ... as use Apple hardware such as multitouch trackpads. Because of it's status as being currently unsupported, despite success stories we recommend you hold off on using it for Boot Camp at the present moment. If you are absolutely itching to run Windows 7, the safest way is to install it on a virtual machine by using VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop, or Sun's VirtualBox. An additional consideration is what Mac hardware will eventually be supported to run Windows 7. According to this Apple knowledgebase article , the following Mac models will not be able to run Windows 7 using ...

Apple Details Windows 7-Boot Camp Compatibility
Mac|Life — ... According to a knowledge base article on Apple's support site, "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. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp." ...

Boot Camp to Support Windows on Mac. Um, Soon. Unless...
Apple Forums & iPhone Forums, Mods, Hacks, News, Themes, Downloads, and more! | ModMyi.com - 4,711,751,911 — ... On the day of Windows 7's release, Apple posted a terse Knowledge Base article promising Boot Camp support for the new operating system. However, the capability will only be available in a future update to the utility, which is slated for release sometime before the end of the year. ...

ExtraBITS for 26 October 2009
TidBITS: Mac News for the Rest of Us — ... Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 in Snow Leopard by Year's End -- Apple will add support in Snow Leopard for booting into Windows 7 via Boot Camp by year's end, says this support note. Most 2006 Intel-based Macs won't work with Windows 7, however. Parallels 4 already includes the capability to run Windows 7 virtual machines in 32-bit mode; VMware will release Fusion 3 on 27 October 2009 with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7 support. (Posted 2009-10-22) ...

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