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- Tips for support technicians booting Windows on Macs with Boot Camp
- 2 questions1. How do I completely get rid of OS X on my Mac? It is taking up valuable disk space. Since Windows 7 supports EFI based motherboards, there shouldn't be any need for any Apple shims unless Apple has implemented their EFI in a non standard way (gee, and...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, OSX, BootCamp, EFI, disc, BIOS, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- Mac OS Snow Leopard: Great news for Windows 7
- I still say Mac is the best multi-boot PCIn my dream situation, I've got a home server created from a Mac Pro. The native Mac OS X would run, with Parallels running instances of Windows and Ubuntu and whatever else I need. I would stream all the media...
- Tags: Desktops, Keyboards, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, GREAT NEWS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., keyboard
- Discussion threads 2009-08-27
- Can BootCamp mess with your Mac's PRAM?
- Can BootCamp mess with your Mac's PRAM?Not seeing thisI have not seen this on any of my Intel Macs. I have also not seen an issue reported with having Windows on a FAT32 drive and not showing up in the boot manager. Shows up fine for me (option key at...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, PERIOD!!! BootCamp, Bootcamp, Apple Macintosh, PRAM, Apple Mac OS X, Intel Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-08
- In the trenches with Live Web law at EFF's Bootcamp
- In the trenches with Live Web law at EFF's BootcampLegal Dept is now part of your communication team.."I am hard pressed to conceive of a Web-based communication platform, community, or business model that doesn't need this kind of overview." Is anybody listening too Ms Howell???Now if we can...
- Tags: Channel management, Live Web, Bootcamp, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Web
- Discussion threads 2007-10-18
- Virtual PC 2007 is out!
- Virtual PC 2007 is out!I'm noticing Home editions are not supportedthough I assume it'll work as a guest OS. But this can make a difference for home users who want to try a trial version of Vista or any future releases without destroying their systems.How much does OSX virtualization cost?Oh,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Bootcamp, virtualization, operating system, RC version, Microsoft Virtual PC, tool, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Virtual PC 2007
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Poll of the Day - Should Apple charge for BootCamp?
- MacScoop is speculating that Apple is planning to charge Mac OS X Tiger users for the final version of Boot Camp which will be released when Mac OS X Leopard is shipped. According to the rumor, BootCamp will cost non-Leopard users $29.[poll=69]
- Tags: Poll of the Day, BootCamp
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Apple mulling charging for Boot Camp
- Apple mulling charging for Boot CampEasiest to just give Apple your bank account #This will reduce the hassle of having to pull out your credit card every couple days when Apple finds some new way of charging you again for something you've already paid for. Want to unlock a feature...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Bootcamp, Microsoft Windows, digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-01-22
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 5
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 5Reinforces what I've always saidIf you want to run Windows, [b]do not buy a Mac[/b].1. You pay extra for the privilege of restricting your choice of hardware.2. It doubles the number of OSs you must maintain.3. As if the extra hardware costs weren't enough,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows, Bootcamp, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh, Apple MacBook Pro, hardware
- Discussion threads 2007-01-15
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 4
- My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 4Is this the Mac's best feature?That it can now run Windows programs through Bootcamp and/or Parallels? If so... why not just buy a PC at half the price? Whatever one might think of how difficult it is to administer Windows, it can't possibly be...
- Tags: Desktops, Web browsers, Operating systems, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, Bootcamp, Microsoft Windows, Camino, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2007-01-14
- Developer tasks made simpler with virtualization
- David Morgenstern explores Apple's BootCamp and Parallels along with their deeper meaning in an article at eWeek. He asks "[A]re there really so few native solutions that Mac users must resort to Windows? Or is something else going on?" He concludes that Apple's making a...
- Tags: Parallels, Bootcamp
- Blog posts 2006-09-22
- Using Parallels on OS X
- I've been running on my MacBook Pro for about a week now. While I've had some issues in getting it set up exactly how I want, I have to admit that switching processors has been remarkably uneventful. You'd think that it...
- Tags: Parallels
- Blog posts 2006-06-15
- Bootcamp: end of the beginning or beginning of the end?
- Bootcamp: end of the beginning or beginning of the end?Bootcamp effectsTo be honest, I've barely looked into Bootcamp at all. I haven't read what Apple's PR have said or what others have said. This is despite the fact that I've thought for some time that Apple should do this -...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sales strategy, UNIX, Apple Inc., Bootcamp, Linux, MacOS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2006-04-12
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- Snow Leopard update squashes bugs
- Already to Service Pack 2?Yet another [b]FIVE HUNDRED MEGABYTE[/b] service pack for Snow Leopard? Wow. Most things that "just work" don't require nearly [b]ONE GIGABYTE[/b] of patches within months of release.473MB?!?!?!How do dial up users do it?RE: Snow Leopard update squashes bugsholy.....Critical bugs need urgent updateThat's the headline if this...
- Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows 7, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- What Microsoft won't tell you about Windows 7 licensing
- Wow. Thanks.This really clears up Windows licensing for me. I had been wondering about this and everything I could find seemed to be convoluted or written in legalese. Thanks again.thanks . . .Thanks.Sadly, the retail still seems to be a pretty stiff price.RE: What Microsoft won't tell you about Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Apple ad swings at Windows 7: 'Trust me, this time it's going to be different'
- Hilarious! Apple is getting quite bold these days, I think they smell bloodNT.Just like Snow Leopard was supposed to fix all that was wrong with LeopardBut it didn't. :(Poor Apple, that sound you hear of glass shattering is not the sound of Windows, it is the glass house in which...
- Tags: Operating systems, Investment, advertisement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Win7, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?
- RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?snow leopard is 10.6 the figures don't even mention that!!!???!Years if you look at adoption ratesBased on percent of existing users. RE: How long until Windows 7 market share beats Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard?One week.RE: How...
- Tags: Operating systems, Windows 7 market share, Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Microsoft considering making Zune services available to Apple users
- Hell Yes!iTunes is the only thing that's making me want to ditch my iPhone. It's a bloated piece of garbage. At least on Windows. However, the Zune software runs beautifully. I already have the Zune Pass so win-win.Yep!!!I sure hope they do port it to other...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Zune Platform, Apple Inc., software, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Study: 67% of Mac users would install, try Windows 7 if it was free
- Marketing failureThe irony of course is that changes introduced in Vista mean that anyone could try it free for 4 months.I'm pretty sure that Windows users would also try OSX on the same basis. (Indeed some are helping themselves!)I might try Win 7 for free, but not on my Mac.I'd...
- Tags: Desktops, Linux, Operating systems, Apple Macintosh, MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Win7, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Macs and PCs found shacking up
- A very interesting study. This confirms what we have known for a long time.Mac users are much cooler that PC users.Confirms Apple numbers continue to grow:PI can't argue with that...Pagan jimRE: Macs and PCs found shacking upIt's a widely accepted fact that Mac users are much cooler than PC users.Much...
- Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Windows only user, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., MAC USERS, Microsoft Windows, gen, Microsoft Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- The Snow Leopard appreciation society
- ...but there are also the things that it broke...Like being able to log in after joining the computer to an Active Directory domain. If it's a clean install, no domain user can log on because Snow Leopard will not create the mobile account. This was not an issue...
- Tags: Desktops, Snow Leopard, WindowShade, appreciation society
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
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