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Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year
Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year
With the release of Windows 7 today, Apple has posted a new support article announcing that official support for running Windows 7 on Macs using Apple's Boot Camp solution will be coming later this year. Apple will support Microsoft W...
About Boot Camp and Windows 7
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Microsoft Store: Download Manager Help
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Apple to Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... machines won't get any Windows 7 love. Some older iMacs and MacBooks Pro (2006 vintage, with Intel processors) will be unable to support Windows 7 running in Boot Camp for whatever reason—not great news, unfortunately. Apple also adds that Boot Camp will need a software update before it officially supports Windows 7. But for owners of recent Apple hardware, it may soon get a lot easier to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp. [Apple via Engadget via Mac Rumors] ...

Apple to Officially Support Windows 7 in Boot Camp Before Year's End, Caveats Apply [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... machines won't get any Windows 7 love. Some older iMacs and MacBooks Pro (2006 vintage, with Intel processors) will be unable to support Windows 7 running in Boot Camp for whatever reason—not great news, unfortunately. Apple also adds that Boot Camp will need a software update before it officially supports Windows 7. But for owners of recent Apple hardware, it may soon get a lot easier to install Windows 7 using Boot Camp. [Apple via Engadget via Mac Rumors] ...

Windows 7 to work with Boot Camp by year’s end
Mobile Whack — ... does not officially support it. Luckily Apple has told us that official support for Windows 7 using Boot Camp is coming before the end of the year when an update for the software will be pushed out. But wait, if you have a Mac, that means you hate Windows, right? via macrumors Tags: ...

Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot Camp before end of year
Engadget — ... just fine, but if you're one of those crazies that goes in for Apple's seal of approval you'll have to wait a little bit. The official support is coming "before the end of the year" to Snow Leopard and will obviously require an update to the Boot Camp software. Unfortunately, Apple's excluded a lot of its 2006 Intel-based computers from this forthcoming update, and we're getting the vibe that this is a Snow Leopard-only affair. Basically, par for the Apple course. [Via Mac Rumors] Filed under: Software Apple will officially support Windows 7 in Boot ...

Windows 7 will (officially) work in Apple's Boot Camp before 2010
Download Squad — ... As MacRumors notes, there are already alternative ways to run Windows 7 on a Mac. You can go the virtual machine route with Parallels which supports 32-bit Windows 7, or wait a week for the newest version of VMWare Fusion, which will support 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS. ...

Linkpost | 10.23.2009
TechBlog — ... - Would you use Mac OS X for free if it came with ads you were forced to watch? • Apple: Official Boot Camp Support for Windows 7 Coming Later This Year - Though it's very possible to install Win7 on Boot Camp ...

Apple Details Windows 7-Boot Camp Compatibility
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... - MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006) - Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz)   If you have already purchased Windows 7 and are wanting to run it on your Mac, we have found that Windows 7 does in fact run on some newer models like the unibody MacBook Pro. However, some features like the Multi-Touch trackpad are a bit finicky. You can also run Windows 7 in virtual machine software like VMWare Fusion or Parallels Desktop. Via MacRumors   

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