When I run windows 7 RC on my MacBook Pro 13" it gets REALLY hot. Do the fans not work or can you not control them on it? Is it just cause its a RC or does this happen for anyone?
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Windows 7 RC HOT
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Apple blame Windows for poor power management support but really it's all down to Apple. Their Windows drivers and utilities controlling the EFI and SMC are worthy of a third rate PC OEM never mind the level they should be like the premium notebook ranges from Lenovo and Dell.
The simple workaround to run SMC fan control in OSX revving the fans up to 3.5-4k then restart into 7. Once powered off it reverts to standard fan RPM cooking the unibodies not nicely.
Apple long term are really shooting themselves in the foot with this heat issue with Boot Camp on Unibodies because their insurers for their warranties would have a point in refusing to pay out because Apple run the risk of being labelled negligent for not controlling this problem with software. Add an embarrassing future class action lawsuit from users with cooked system boards out of warranty to the mix makes their inaction simply stupid imho..
The simple workaround to run SMC fan control in OSX revving the fans up to 3.5-4k then restart into 7. Once powered off it reverts to standard fan RPM cooking the unibodies not nicely.
Apple long term are really shooting themselves in the foot with this heat issue with Boot Camp on Unibodies because their insurers for their warranties would have a point in refusing to pay out because Apple run the risk of being labelled negligent for not controlling this problem with software. Add an embarrassing future class action lawsuit from users with cooked system boards out of warranty to the mix makes their inaction simply stupid imho..
So don't use them and use something else.
Apple supports the use of Windows in no way. They are exempt.
you can't ignore the reality, apple provides many hardware drivers when users were to use bootcamp and install windows, why not providing the whole package to properly use chips and cpu to improve the heat issue?
isn't apple capable of writing such a simple driver? or is apple intentionally trying to misleading users to think windows is incapable of good power management? either way, its a crappy job from apple.
bingo! if you are having any issues in bootcamp, look to apple, they are the ones who wrote the drivers if you only used the disc. i believe some drivers can be updated that are third party, but all apple specific ones, your at their mercy.
Grow up fanbois, I need both or do you suggest us mixed users carry two notebooks around for working on both platforms??
Exempt from providing hardware support for Windows in terms of drivers and utilities - I think not! Neither will the insurers and future class actions think so either and rightly so. Nvidia's insurers are refusing to pay them out for their negligent thermal materials on their GPU's so why would you think Apple wouldn't have that problem?
They were just barely adequate with more BSOD's than any other PC OEM I've known for years and awful DPC latency issues and KbdMgr.exe. Post unibody it's gone past that, not only with the heat issues but they stumble again with terrible sound issues with the Cirrus chip they're using in the newer models.
No, no, I meant don't use Apple's fan drivers; use some third party ones.
Since Apple doesn't make Windows and has no responsibility for it, they have decided not to... take any responsibility for its use. I don't see why this isn't unreasonable.
Because there is nothing wrong with Apple's hardware when used under the supported configurations. Windows is not supported, so destruction under its use is not covered.
Is this a joke? What do you think Boot Camp is for? Please, I can't wait to hear your explanation. What is Boot Camp? Fine, I'll let you in on a secret. It's a fancy partitioning app and a series of drivers for SUPPORT UNDER APPLE HARDWARE. Boot Camp allows Windows to be a "supported configuration".
Now go ahead and dish out your next troll statement.
Your trolling here. Boot Camp doesn't SUPPORT Windows, like you said, "It's a fancy partitioning app and a series of drivers." Boot Camp allows you to partition your drive. And it doesn't provide drivers, those drivers are on your system restore discs. Not just a troll, but a misinformed one.
Just because we have Boot Camp doesn't mean it's a supported configuration. Microsoft is the judge of that.
Apple cares more about themselves than Microsoft. Is that crappy PR too?
To Clevin and the other misinformed troll, I've used Windows 7 on my MacBook and MacBook Pro. In any instance, there aren't any heat problems. This isn't the install once and use once scenario, Windows 7 was used extensively for 2 days, without reboot.
people as ill informed as you, and as blatantly making stuff up as you, are rare.
and you love to call people "troll" just because they don't believe apple is 100% right.
in this case, users right is at steak, your blind apple loving stance is insane and ugly.
I'd be calling Apple a troll here, as I'm only stating what they say. You want them to support Windows? Tell them to buy Microsoft. Otherwise this is what you get and any lawsuit based on "failed" hardware due to running Windows will be thrown out.
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My info comes from quoting a guy, so he must be ill informed too.
I don't believe Apple is 100% right, but they are most of the time. I do 100% believe, however that you are 100% wrong.
It doesn't? Then I must be crazy because every Leopard DVD includes them under a folder called Boot Camp.
You're right. My bad. Clearly it's just something some guy at Apple threw together for fun one day. If only it would allow us to run Windo- oh wait, it does.
They provide a partition application, drivers, and software to not only allow you to run Windows on your Mac, but to run apps on Windows as well. You're saying that's not considered support?
So if Dell wants to support Windows then it has to buy Microsoft too? That's weird, because they do support Windows. In fact, they do it very similarly to what Apple does: provide software and drivers and *gasp* hardware.
So Dell should create drivers for OS X when people run OS X on Dell machines. This is what you're saying.
That's doubtful. Apple's own selling point: "It runs Windows, too."
http://www.apple.com/macosx/what-is-macosx/compatibility.html
Regarding support:
That's phone support, not support in general.
Apple does provide some Windows support. E.g.:
Apple are selling these machines saying they run Windows too.
Dell don't even mention OS X.
Dell weren't doing that either, when I last had a Dell machine. That is,
they were only supporting the Dell specific aspects.
What we can reasonably expect is that the Apple specific firmware and
drivers work properly. Apple should stop wasting their time on frivolous
efforts and get the basics right first. What good does it do you to have
HFS read support if your machine is a molten pool of metal?
Running Windows on a Mac is absolutely a supported configuration. The versions of Windows supported is not an exhaustive list, but Windows XP 32-bit, and Windows Vista 32-bit are supported on all Intel Macs, and Windows Vista 64-bit is supported on a limited number. Windows 7 is unsupported at this time, so any problems arising from its use are outside the scope of what Boot Camp provides. Don't go calling people trolls due to your own misinterpretation of Boot Camp. When a company offers a product intended to facilitate the installation of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows is inherently a supported OS. There's no requirement inherent to the definition of "supported" that the company providing said utility also offer detailed guides and phone support, or make drivers of a certain quality. As far as Microsoft is concerned, a supported platform is one that meets or exceeds the system requirements printed on the product documentation.