Being that boot camp is a BETA version....

[penter]

Hey guys, this is my first ever post, so excuse me for anything

Being that Boot Camp is a beta version, i assume it may not be fully de-bugged.... Apple says it will not assists us in case we mess up our computers due to the use of bootcamp. What i want to know is if there are any risks of damaging my computer due to the Boot Camp´s use. Is it a reliable? Is there really a risk of damaging my computer due to the fact that Boot Camp is a beta version??
Also, is this a limited time free trial type of thing, or can i keep using Windows for as long as i want.
Lastly, can someone give me a clear explanation as to what differentiates FAT32 from NTFS? I know this has been talked about in previous threads, but i didnt really understand it... does FAT32 mean that i can transfer files from the Mac OS X to Windows(or vise versa) while with NTFS i can't?

 

[WorldIRC123]

NTFS is more secure than FAT32 and is also more space efficient..however, due to the security, MAC OS X cannot write to NTFS drives. Therefore, FAT32 is what you need to use if you need MAC to write to Windows drive. Both partitions can be read in MAC OS.

 

[Electro Funk]

very easy to partition and install... worst case scenario can be fixed by re-installing osx.... so go ahead and try it out....

 

[Bern]

Using it on my MB. No problems to date, easy to install and guides you all the way. I have a dual system application that would be laggy to use under Rosetta so I installed it in XP and it's fine

Look forward to it being part of Leopard.

 

[5683565]

Expires next year, but by then, you would have upgraded to 10.5, so no problem.

 

[Shadowspirit6]

Expires next year, but by then, you would have upgraded to 10.5, so no problem.

aww so you can only use it up until next year, i thought we keep it as long as we want

 

[penter]

are there any downsides to this at all, cuz it seems to good to be true!

 

[7on]

aww so you can only use it up until next year, i thought we keep it as long as we want

Bootcamp is only a partitioning program. Once you partition it you don't need it anymore. Windows can be installed on intel Macs without bootcamp - but without bootcamp for the initial setup then you can't have OSX and Windows on the same hdd.

 

[reh]

..however, due to the security, MAC OS X cannot write to NTFS drives.

That's a bit incorrect. Mac OS X (or any other non-MS OS) can not write to a NTFS drive because Microsoft is not releasing the specs on the file system.

 

[crees!]

It's interesting that Boot Camp is not mentioned on Apple's Get a Mac page anymore, instead they recommend Parallels Desktop.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/windows.html

Notice there's no Parallel's icon in the dock either. Hmmm....

 

[balamw]

It's interesting that Boot Camp is not mentioned on Apple's Get a Mac page anymore, instead they recommend Parallels Desktop.

That is strange! Maybe it's because Parallels supports their released product, while Apple doesn't actively support BC which is a Beta.

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[crees!]

That is strange! Maybe it's because Parallels supports their released product, while Apple doesn't actively support BC which is a Beta.

Or Apple is going to buy them out or get some type of license to include it in Leopard.