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    Boot Camp & Leopard & Vista

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by solo7100, Jan 23, 2007.

  1. solo7100

    solo7100 Newbie

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    Hello all,

    Will the Boot Camp that is going to come with Leopard (or even the Boot Camp out now) be able to support running Windows Vista? Haven't seen or read a thing about this. (In spite of my web browsing skill) :)

    Thanks so much for any info...trying for 2 months now to decide on a laptop.

    peace...
     
    solo7100, Jan 23, 2007
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  2. hollownail

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    as I understand it, it should support xp sp2 and vista. Not 100% sure on that.
     
    hollownail, Jan 23, 2007
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  3. Starlight

    Starlight Notebook Evangelist

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    The rumor sites just mentioned exactly this actually - the rumor seems to be that the Boot Camp beta won't support Vista but the final version (integrated with Leopard) will.
     
    Starlight, Jan 23, 2007
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  4. jimboutilier

    jimboutilier Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Parallels currently supports both (although its not free and does not support 3D graphics).

    So far I much prefer Parallels as I do not have to leave OS X (reboot) to do something in another host OS (WinXPP SP2 and Fedora Core 6 on my machine) but if you had to do some heavier graphics stuff like Games or 3D modeling/CAD this would not be a viable choice.
     
    jimboutilier, Jan 23, 2007
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  5. Kamzu

    Kamzu Notebook Evangelist

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    Bootcamp won't be free soon either... 29 bucks for it. =(
     
    Kamzu, Jan 23, 2007
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  6. Starlight

    Starlight Notebook Evangelist

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    If you buy it separately, yes... but it's included in Leopard, according to the same rumors. (and I think Apple even hinted at this, I just don't remember exactly where or when)
     
    Starlight, Jan 23, 2007
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  7. Rusty2003

    Rusty2003 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Would Vista and the aero glass feature work on the regualr Macbook with the integrated graphics card? I read the review of the Dell D420 which has an integrated graphics card and they said the aero glass feature worked on that one.
     
    Rusty2003, Jan 23, 2007
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  8. jimboutilier

    jimboutilier Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Microsoft says the Intel GMA 950 will support Aero Glass. Course they say Windows XP runs in 256mb RAM too so "will it" and "would I like it" might be two different things.
     
    jimboutilier, Jan 23, 2007
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