I had to install Windows 7 64-bit via bootcamp, but I had to do a clean install b/c my copy of vista is 32-bit. Does anybody know how I get bootcamp 3.0 or bootcamp 3.1 over to windows 7? I tried putting in my snow leopard disc and it comes up with "x64 not supported.." I then try to download bootcamp 3.1 and when i run it, it comes back almost immediately saying it didn't install properly???
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Boot Camp 3.1 for Windows 7 is here
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Hi, I need a clarification on the upgarde of bootcamp. Right now I have mac pro 2009 model and I have win 7 ultimate 64 bit installed. windows is running smoothly and I have no issues at all. Should I upgrade to bootcamp 3.1? Will win 7 under bootcamp 3 recognize my 6 GB of ram??
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Installing your original drivers from your OS 10.5 Leopard disk will resolve this issue, at least it did for me on Vista, I went and explroed to the BootCamp/Drivers directory and ran the Audio driver executable file for me the imac it was realtek, I know the MBP uses cirrus logic in some cases and there are fixes on the forums and apple discussion with updated driver package that people are using.
Same issues here on my i7 with Windows 64 bit. I was so hoping for the Apple ATI drivers, such a let down. I guess I'll check out the Mobility beta drivers then..
In more than 25 years in IT, I have learned this lesson the hard way: One should NEVER make an upgrade installation of an operating system, neither in the Apple nor in the Microsoft world. An upgrade installation always performs suboptimal at best, and in worst case shows unpredictable erratic behavior.
NEVER upgrade. ALWAYS clean install.
I have had Windows 7 running on my Mac Pro for over a month now. I installed Bootcamp 3.0 by executing the file Bootcamp64.msi in the SL disk. It installed fine. To download Bootcamp 3.1 I simply went online and downloaded it while in Win7. It installed on the computer and then asked me to reboot and voila.... Magic Mouse Works. No other noticeable differences... That is why I didn't wait for Apple's official Win7 support. Cheers.
To install Win7 now is even easier since it is officially supported by Apple. Just use bootcamp assistant. Check out Apple's website.
I never had this problem with my Macbook. The fan behaves exactly like in Mac OS 10.6.3 under Windows 7 64 bit. Furthermore my backlit keyboard behaves exactly like in Mac OS as well, and my headphone port wasn´t lighting up as well. Compared to the problems I had with vista 32 bit on my macbook and imac, Windows 7 x64 worked like a charm from the beginning!
The new Bootcamp update 3.1 made the trackpad (especially the right click) more usable and enabled my mighty mouse. It messed with the colours on the screen though (had to recalibrate) and I had to install the newer Nvidia driver from their website, because apple put older nvidia drivers in the update.
I have windows 7 install on my mid 2009 MBP and I updated to Boot Camp 3.1 without incident.
Before this update there were many problems with bluetooth connectivity, back-lit keyboard, and internal audio. Now, with the new update all of my problems before seem to be resolved except the back-lit keyboard.
Has anyone noticed that the keyboard is still illuminated even when turned all the way down?! I thought Apple would have fixed this problem by now...
Before this update there were many problems with bluetooth connectivity, back-lit keyboard, and internal audio. Now, with the new update all of my problems before seem to be resolved except the back-lit keyboard.
Has anyone noticed that the keyboard is still illuminated even when turned all the way down?! I thought Apple would have fixed this problem by now...
I thought that, too. However, I tried the Snow Leopard upgrade from Leopard to see how it would go (after making a clone of Leopard to an external disk just in case). The upgrade worked just fine, and I'm still using that. Both Macs in the house have been upgraded (not full reinstall) with no problems, and they run just at least as well if not better than they did with Leopard.
You can use an upgrade copy of Windows, but any version of any Windows can be upgraded.
Sure, most if not all require a clean install, but as long as you have Windows, you can use a Windows upgrade without buying a whole new fresh retail copy.
I'll be upgrading from a factory XP to 7. I plan to have XP ONLY to install 7, so... Thanks for the useless new utility, Apple, for not supporting the most widely used OS of all time...
My advice is to allow the Microsoft installation the largest partition size possible, and just go from there. I would feel much better knowing I have another OS available just in case. There's no telling when you might be in a bind, and NEED OSX to bail you out.
The news item needs to be updated since pretty much all machines are supported.
In other words, all Intel Macs are supported in Windows 7 via Boot Camp 3.1 although some models are only supported in Windows 7 32 bit. All of the models that aren't supported in 64 bit mode apart from the 2006 Mac Pro don't support more than 3GB of RAM anyway though and for what it's worth, I had my 2006 Mac Pro running Windows 7 64 bit using the Vista 64 bit drivers in Boot Camp 3.0 for months without issue.
Apple said:
In other words, all Intel Macs are supported in Windows 7 via Boot Camp 3.1 although some models are only supported in Windows 7 32 bit. All of the models that aren't supported in 64 bit mode apart from the 2006 Mac Pro don't support more than 3GB of RAM anyway though and for what it's worth, I had my 2006 Mac Pro running Windows 7 64 bit using the Vista 64 bit drivers in Boot Camp 3.0 for months without issue.
Huh? The 2006 iMacs and MBPs are still excluded, even from W7 32, as per the front page. The only possible change is in the 2006 Mac Pro, and that's probably an oversight in this new list.
Many of the machines excluded from 64 bit are perfectly capable of running 64 bit, they just need the EFI workaround mentined earlier in the thread.
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The one thing that really sucks is Windows only recognizes the Nvidia 9600 on my 15" uMBP and therefore my battery life is horrid under Windows 7.
It would be nice to use the 9400M.....
It would be nice to use the 9400M.....
This is a well known issue, and already was a well known issue with 64-Bit Windows Vista. Apples uses an unsupported old EFI version in the Mac Pro; you have to have at least EFI 2 to properly boot into a default 64-Bit Windows installation DVD. Those Macs have EFI 1.1, unfortunately.
There are how-tos on the web how to create a compatible boot DVD - which is fully legal, by the way. You just have to strip out the EFI parts and make sure that you only have the BIOS loader on the DVD, which is supported by "Boot Camp".
Those Mac Pros - I have one myself - are great machines, in theory. It's just that Apple and their support for products that are older than one day completely SUCK. Apple hardware has a lifetime of around six months, then the next models are shipped and Apple will quickly drop their support for the previous models.
I'm now in my fifth - and last - year as an Apple customer. I'm done tolerating Apple's rip-off methods and this Mac Pro will be the last piece of Apple hardware.
Once the reality distortion field wears off, you begin to realize that Apple is a worse company and supplier than Microsoft and old evil IBM together ever were. Apple products only have a beautiful design, that's all. When you need compatibility, customizability or expandability or longevity and good support, Apple computers just fall through.
I have a 2006 Macbook (2ghz Intel Core Duo). I replaced the hard drive with a 320gb 7200rpm Seagate and partitioned it off with 60gb for Windows.
I am running Snow Leopard and Windows 7 on it, both in 32bit mode. I have a Magic Mouse.
All of it runs perfect now, after this Boot Camp update.
I am running Snow Leopard and Windows 7 on it, both in 32bit mode. I have a Magic Mouse.
All of it runs perfect now, after this Boot Camp update.
Before yesterday's driver update, my magic mouse and my wireless adapter worked on my Macbook in Win7... Intermittently.
My network would drop off about every two minute for 30 seconds and come back. Each time I booted into Windows, I would have to reinstall the Magic Mouse - only to have it disappear if I didn't move it for 10-20 seconds (and have to reinstall it again.
But, now, everything is rock solid.
Additionally, to anyone running Windows on a smaller partition who want to not only read, but write to their OSX partition, I'm using MacDrive 8 and it's great. I'm certain that's pretty well known, but there may be a few of you out there that might find it useful.
-Matt
Update: Removing all previous Boot Camp drivers and software and reapplying 3.0 and 3.1 seems to have fixed the red light and software update bugs.
I think the only reason why the 2006 Mac Pro is listed as "unsupported" is because it can't boot from the retail 64bit version of Windows 7. So rather than issue a firmware update for these ancient machines, they just list them as "unsupported".
Windows 7 64bit runs perfectly fine on these machines. I've been running it for a few months now and enjoying the native speed of some great Windows games.
The ONLY difference is, I had to burn myself a custom Windows 7 DVD using SIMPLE instructions I found on another forum. I literally only had to download 1 app and 1 file to make the DVD and it works perfectly.
Now that I've made a bootable DVD, I can install Windows 7 on this machine whenever I want using that DVD. It's not like I have to go through that every time I install Windows 7 now.
My only question is... how do I install Boot Camp 3.0 on this computer in order to install Boot Camp 3.1? Before, I had to use command line to run the Boot Camp 64bit drivers MSI. I'm guessing that's what I'll have to do every time then before I can "update" to 3.1? Oh well... not a big deal anyway.
That's all the information I have right now. If anyone would like me to post a tutorial on how I made my boot DVD, I can. It's so easy... a caveman can do it!
Windows 7 64bit runs perfectly fine on these machines. I've been running it for a few months now and enjoying the native speed of some great Windows games.
The ONLY difference is, I had to burn myself a custom Windows 7 DVD using SIMPLE instructions I found on another forum. I literally only had to download 1 app and 1 file to make the DVD and it works perfectly.
Now that I've made a bootable DVD, I can install Windows 7 on this machine whenever I want using that DVD. It's not like I have to go through that every time I install Windows 7 now.
My only question is... how do I install Boot Camp 3.0 on this computer in order to install Boot Camp 3.1? Before, I had to use command line to run the Boot Camp 64bit drivers MSI. I'm guessing that's what I'll have to do every time then before I can "update" to 3.1? Oh well... not a big deal anyway.
That's all the information I have right now. If anyone would like me to post a tutorial on how I made my boot DVD, I can. It's so easy... a caveman can do it!