Apple Quietly Intros 64-Bit Windows Support in Boot Camp

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 21st Jan 2008 18:22 UTC

Apple has added support for 64bit versions of Windows Vista to Boot Camp. "Apple has started quietly shipping 64-bit Windows Vista drivers (for Boot Camp) with the install disks of the latest Mac Pros which were just released earlier this month."

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Sounds good

by parentaladvisory (2.8) on Mon 21st Jan 2008 18:48 UTC

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I dont own a MBP or a copy of 64-bit Windows, but for those who do, this sounds pretty nice

Wonder why they did it "quietly"?

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RE: Sounds good

by Almafeta (3.44) on Mon 21st Jan 2008 18:58 UTC in reply to "Sounds good"

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Apple has been having trouble delivering good drivers. They probably didn't want to draw too much attention just yet.

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RE: Sounds good

by Adurbe (2.84) on Mon 21st Jan 2008 20:14 UTC in reply to "Sounds good"

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the reason they did it quietly is because its not headline grabbing

vista 64 isnt THAT widespread

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RE[2]: Sounds good

by ameasures (2.88) on Mon 21st Jan 2008 23:15 UTC in reply to "RE: Sounds good"

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the reason they did it quietly is because its not headline grabbing

vista 64 isnt THAT widespread

On the other hand if I have to run Vista64 then a MacPro with oodles of RAM would be my first choice.

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RE: Sounds good

by bornagainenguin (2.6) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 03:40 UTC in reply to "Sounds good"

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Wonder why they did it "quietly"?

Because despite the fact as geeks we see the ability to run the 64-bit version of an alternate OS on Apple hardware, their corporate culture sees it as a net loss and a drain on the OS X user base. I suppose if your biggest selling point is integration the last thing you'd want to do is hype up the ability to disrupt that. And in fact there is probably some truth to that way of looking at things for them, but I'd still say the ability to install Windows in bootcamp and run it along side of OS X has probably opened many more doors for them than it has closed.

At least that'd be my guess...

--bornagainpenguin

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RE[2]: Sounds good

by siraf72 (1.4) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 06:08 UTC in reply to "RE: Sounds good"

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exacly, Running Vista64 removes a barrier for many windows users considering the mac. Still, it doesn't mean they want to encourage users to run Vista on Macs.

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Limiting Hardwar

by Earl Colby pottinger (3.84) on Mon 21st Jan 2008 19:41 UTC

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On the other-hand Apple's limits on it's range of hardware means that they are able to write 64-bit drivers for all of hardware that they sell/support.

Edited 2008-01-21 19:42 UTC

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irony

by Different (0.92) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 04:40 UTC

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The irony mayb the best way to run Vista 64 bit is on an Apple hardware !

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older XP OS

by Different (0.92) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 04:49 UTC

RE: older XP OS

by Ford Prefect (3.44) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 11:18 UTC in reply to "older XP OS"

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OSNews staff, please ban this enerving advertiser!

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Running Windows OS via VMware Fusion.

by Dark_Knight (2.24) on Tue 22nd Jan 2008 15:12 UTC

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If you really need to run Windows but you're currently using a Mac then either purchase Codeweavers CrossOver Office to run your Windows applications or install your preferred Windows OS on VMware Fusion using virtualization. At least with the latter the user can move files between Windows and OS X, unlike Boot Camp. You can also still play your games which aren't ported to OS X at this time but are for Windows.

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