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Completely untrue.

Having just booted a Linux cd I can confirm it works ;)

In fact once you've installed the firmware update, you simply have a pc with efi & bios support. I have my iMac with Windows XP as the only OS right now, I didnt even start the Boot Camp application...

I based it off the screenshots posted on the German site few pages back.

According to the site this is what you get when popping in a pre-Windows XP SP2 disc:

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And yeah I gathered from the package contents that Boot Camp is nothing more than a nice setup wizard.

Finally Mac users can enjoy the Windows experience in its entirety:

http://www.eng.bu.edu/~anc/macosx_bluescreen/blue2.jpg

my god you are the funniest man alive. :rolleyes:

How about we get back on topic? :whistle:

Maybe someone can explain this to me? How is this different than the method that won the contest? Does this finally have VGA acceleration? This sounds great though, I will be trying it out when I get home from work. (Y)

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my macboook wont upgrade the firmware :confused:

If you've used XOM you need to boot from the OS X DVD and repartition your HDD to a single free space section.

Then reinstall OS X, and run the updater. Something to do with what the XOM does to the partition table as I understand.

Does this finally have VGA acceleration?

Yes.

And the sound uses the internal speakers, switch to the intel drivers from the xom wiki if you want to use external speakers.

You obviously haven't used an Apple laptop ever:

http://www.professional.co.at/Apple/Bilder...terLEDamber.jpg

Top right, under the eject button: "Delete"

Guess the MacBook Pro's are uber-1337 ;) :laugh:

Radish?

Does anyone know how long Boot Camp takes partition the HD on a MacBook Pro. I am creating a 10GB Windows partition and it seems to be taking an age. :unsure:

It took mine about 1-2 minutes to do a 15GB partition. The first time I tried to do a 25GB and it took a while then errored out and said I need to restore from OS X cds (or something like like). I just reduced it to 15GB and it worked perfect.

It took mine about 1-2 minutes to do a 15GB partition. The first time I tried to do a 25GB and it took a while then errored out and said I need to restore from OS X cds (or something like like). I just reduced it to 15GB and it worked perfect.

Mine has been going for the last hour or so. The progress bar is right near the end and my HD is chugging away. Hope it aint wiped my HD or something. :unsure: :huh:

Mine has been going for the last hour or so. The progress bar is right near the end and my HD is chugging away. Hope it aint wiped my HD or something. :unsure: :huh:

That seems wierd. How full was your hard drive before you started? I have a 100GB hard drive and it had about 50GB of data on it before I started.

If its still chugging I would probably just let it go for a while. Who knows what might happen if you try to stop it. :/

Does anyone know how long Boot Camp takes partition the HD on a MacBook Pro. I am creating a 10GB Windows partition and it seems to be taking an age. :unsure:

I took a shower, so I don't know the exact time. It beachballed on me before I went in and it was done about 15-20 minutes later.

I just need to add, holy moly this thing is smoking fast with the proper drivers :|

You mean the ones on the CD, or different ones?

That seems wierd. How full was your hard drive before you started? I have a 100GB hard drive and it had about 50GB of data on it before I started.

If its still chugging I would probably just let it go for a while. Who knows what might happen if you try to stop it. :/

This is what it is currently up to. :blink:

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You mean the ones on the CD, or different ones?

Windows on the mac? What would you compare it to? like...what specs on a PC would you compare the speed to?

Oh, and which model are you running it on? iMac, mini, or macbook pro?

I'm using the drivers from the Apple CD (except sound as I prefer my external speakers). iMac 2ghz 512mb, 128mb x1600.

It's easily peforming as fast as my Athlon 64 (3500+) with 1gb and 6800GT with XP x64 for desktop stuff...

Just installing Far Cry to have a chuckle now :D

Nice try fellas. The "delete" key on a Mac doesn't function as a delete key does on a PC. The delete key is actually backspace and functions as backspace (moves cursor backwards one space). So instead of hitting Ctrl + Alt + Del, you're hitting Ctrl + Del + Backspace which does nothing.

Update: We have confirmed that this does work however, those who choose to go into domain login mode in Windows XP, beware: the MacBook Pro does not have a "delete" key. The DELETE key on the MacBook Pro is actually Backspace. Since Windows XP requires that you press CTRL + ALT + DEL in order to login in domain mode, this won't be possible unless you attach an external USB keyboard with a real Delete key or disable secure domain login mode (turns off the CTRL ALT DEL request) before restarting Windows XP to apply domain login mode.

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1636

BTW, to bring up task manager in Windows XP, use this key combination: Ctrl + Shift + Esc. That way you can bypass the uber-1337 lack of a delete key.

could someone post some comparisons between a windows core duo and a macbook pro for win xp ?? i could ditch buying a new windows notebook and opt for an iBook core duo when it comes out..

Simon says:

"Just installing Far Cry to have a chuckle now"

Could you tell us how Far Cry runs on ur iMac?? any hangups ?

This is what it is currently up to. :blink:

Maybe because you have less free space than I did its taking longer to get all your Mac data "defragged" so that it can create the continuous Windows partition. Kind of like when you need to defrag a windows box when you want to resize a partition so that you can put linux on it. Sorry for the lack of technical terms.

If it seems to be crunching, I would just let it be. At least for a couple hours.

Maybe because you have less free space than I did its taking longer to get all your Mac data "defragged" so that it can create the continuous Windows partition. Kind of like when you need to defrag a windows box when you want to resize a partition so that you can put linux on it. Sorry for the lack of technical terms.

If it seems to be crunching, I would just let it be. At least for a couple hours.

OK. Thanks. I better let it run then and see what happens.

could someone post some comparisons between a windows core duo and a macbook pro for win xp ?? i could ditch buying a new windows notebook and opt for an iBook core duo when it comes out..

I haven't done any gaming yet, but have been using Microsoft Visual Web Developer EE for a couple hours now and it seems to be on par with my Dell Latitude D610 2.13GHz 1GB RAM. Oh and mine is a MacBook Pro 2.16 w/ 2GB RAM.

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