Vincent G. Rinn Law Library (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
We’ve seen those rather amusing ( if you're a Mac fan) television commercials with the casual, hip Mac dude and the uptight, suit-wearing PC geek, trading competitive banter. They seem to always be at adds. But Apple has made it...
/dev/random (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Microsoft has released a beta of World Wide Telescope, the application that made Scoble cry. They claim to support the Mac, but if you look at the system requirements, to run it on a Mac, you need an Intel Mac with Windows XP or Vista installed in Boot Camp. Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch! Unfortunately it doesn't seem [...]
1FPS (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with passing the Windows Genuine Advantage lately when using Vista across the two (yes, two) Boot Camp and Parallels setups we have. One on the Mac Pro, another on this MacBook Pro. I updated both Vista Home Premium installations to SP1 after I got the green light from [...]
Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The Windows on Mac virtualization arms race continues: On the heels of a new VMware Fusion 2.0 beta , Parallels Desktop issues a software update that adds support for XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 for Boot Camp partitions. Here's more on how to dual boot and virtualize the same Windows partition with Parallels. [ via ]
TechBlogger (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The Windows on Mac virtualization arms race continues: On the heels of a new VMware Fusion 2.0 beta, Parallels Desktop issues a software update that adds support for XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 for Boot Camp partitions. Here’s more on how to dual boot and virtualize the same [...]
The Road to Know Where (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Parallels for Mac has been updated to support Windows Vista (Service Pack) SP1 and Windows XP SP3 in a virtual machine, and with Apple's Boot Camp in a virtual machine. --> Download Parallels for Mac
迷客科技 (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Since switching over to Intel processors, the Mac is now capable of running practically any operating system. The simplest option is to use Boot Camp to create a dual-boot system that can run Mac OS X or Windows XP/Vista. A more flexible solution is to run Mac OS X and one or more additional operating systems at the same time. To run another operat...
O'Grady's PowerPage (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
On Wednesday, virtualization software maker Parallels released a public beta of Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 build 5600. The new build adds the following fixes and changes: -Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 with the Boot Camp support - added. -Microsoft...
IT Professionals (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Obviously, the Apple Macbook Pro ought to have been on this list as it does a fantastic job running Windows via boot camp. Yet again, Acer and Lenovo seem to be coming out on top. Frankly, I think Acer makes a great notebook with Lenovo remaining a crowd favorite amongst the enterprise class. What I have been trying to figure out is “why”? What about those two models has people...
Apple Gazette (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Quick question to all of you who are smarter than me… I recently used Boot Camp to put Windows on my Mac. Terrible idea. After trying to get Windows to find my Mighty Mouse, and my external monitor for 30 minutes or so, I gave up, booted back into OS X and deleted the Windows partition. Now, [...]
The Apple Core (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I have posted a gallery of screen shots from Apple’s System Profiler running on the Psystar Open Computer. Oh and here’s what it looks like when you try to run Apple’s Boot Camp Assistant on the Psystar:
Hot Hardware (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
In anticipation of the official rollout of Windows XP SP3, both Apple and VMware have recently released updates to their software (Boot Camp and Fusion, respectively)--promising users who run Windows XP on their Macs that their systems will be compatible with the XP SP3 update. Parallels, however, has been quiet on the matter in regards to XP SP3 compatibility with their Parallels...
O'Grady's PowerPage (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
Since I'm having this problem as well, it's nice to know I haven't completely lost my mind. According to MacFixIt, a number of users are apparently unable to install the Boot Camp 2.1 update which Apple released last week....
MacInTouch (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
The Boot Camp update "addresses issues and improves compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista."
TechConnect Magazine (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
This slipped under the radar last week, but Apple has released a new update to its OS vs OS, multi-boot software, Boot Camp. Version 2.1 weights in 215MB, can be downloaded from this page and features bug fixes and compatibility issues, the major plus being the added support for Microsoft's yet to be officially released Windows XP Service Pack 3. The 2.1 Boot Camp...
