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    What's new in the Bootcamp 2.0?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by pinwanger, Nov 5, 2007.

  1. pinwanger

    pinwanger Notebook Consultant

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    Did Apple actually fix anything in bootcamp 2.0? Things like iSight, touchpad, fan management, power management etc...
     
    pinwanger, Nov 5, 2007
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    cdnalsi Food for the funky people

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    I didn't notice any difference. The video drivers are the same. iSight always worked for me, the touchpad still doesn't have the tap click (what I heard - I don't use it) fan management = no, power management = crappier than OS X anyways..
     
    cdnalsi, Nov 5, 2007
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yeah, I don't think there's any major difference between Boot Camp Beta 1.4 and Boot Camp 2.0, if any difference at all.
     
    Sam, Nov 5, 2007
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  4. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    The About window now says, "Version 2.0". :p

    I think the On Screen Display (OSD) when you change the volume may have been improved, but I could be wrong. With 1.4 whenever I would change the volume in a full screen game, the OSD would flicker. Now that doesn't happen. Or at least not in the Crysis SP Demo.

    In other words, nothing significant.
     
    Xander, Nov 5, 2007
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    00fez Notebook Deity

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    I only cared about tap clicking, which still isn't implemented. The rest look the same to me.
     
    00fez, Nov 5, 2007
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    vipergts2207 Notebook Consultant

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    Even though there's no tap click, has the jumpiness of using the trackpad in windows been fixed yet?
     
    vipergts2207, Nov 6, 2007
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    Trackpad is usable, but, it's def a little funky.
     
    count_schemula, Nov 6, 2007
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    never2fast Notebook Geek

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    Apple Really should have included the new 15x.xx nvidia drivers, which are superior, even though you loose oc capabilities.

    currently its 101.xx
     
    never2fast, Nov 6, 2007
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  9. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    The graphics drivers are not that big of a concern. They're updated so frequently, it's difficult for Apple to test them. You can get ForceWare 16X.xx from LaptopVideo2Go and use RivaTuner v2.06 for overclocking. I'm using 169.04 for XP 32-Bit and they're a significant improvement over 15X.xx drivers. I haven't tried to overclock them, but I don't really think it's necessary.
     
    Xander, Nov 6, 2007
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