Windows 7?

[phillipsteak]

I have heard numerous accounts of people installing windows 7 only for it to take a while to boot up. I am planning on installing it, but wanted to hear feedback on this issue

 

[pnyc]

I have heard numerous accounts of people installing windows 7 only for it to take a while to boot up. I am planning on installing it, but wanted to hear feedback on this issue

If you install Windows 7 on your Apple notebook it will boot just as fast as it does on a similarly configured Dell, HP, Sony and so on ... In my experience Windows 7 boots up very quickly, much faster than Vista and significantly faster than XP. Where did you read about these slow boot ups?

 

[phillipsteak]

I've read around (like the comments section for my torrent)

 

[pnyc]

I've read around (like the comments section for my torrent)

Torrent you say ... hehe. Okay. Don't worry Windows 7 boots up real fast.

 

[Minimoose 360]

Mine boots up quickly lol

 

[phillipsteak]

ok so i pulled the trigger and installed it...but now I can't load the boot camp drivers. i insert my Snow Leopard install dvd but when it loads, it asks me if i want to remote install or something like that. Help?

Also tried my leopard disc same thing...and I don't know how to explore a cd in windows without a right click

 

[Gen]

Apple's drivers off the install cd support Windows 7?

 

[omgitscro]

Why are you torrenting a free OS distribution? Just download the 64-bit version off of Microsoft's site, that way you know it'll work. Just try the DVD your MacBook came with, it's "Install Disk 1." I installed Windows 7 64-bit and the 64-bit drivers just fine this way. uMBP 13.

 

[highertechnology]

Here is the link to MS site.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/download.aspx

 

[Infrared]

I have heard numerous accounts of people installing windows 7 only for it to take a while to boot up. I am planning on installing it, but wanted to hear feedback on this issue

In my experience Windows 7 boots very quickly.

I would guess ~30 seconds here. Would be faster
if I actually bothered getting a decent hard drive

Hmm.. I just found this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOSLzvm-np8

Looks interesting. I never noticed that "boot" tab
in msconfig.

Next video: how to start msconfig quickly
(hint: just type msconfig in the start menu search box)

[EDIT]
Ok. I just rebooted and timed it. 29.8 seconds.

 

[Rodus]

I can boot Windows 7 in Virtual Box in pretty much the same time as XP in Bootcamp.

 

[Stridder44]

ok so i pulled the trigger and installed it...but now I can't load the boot camp drivers. i insert my Snow Leopard install dvd but when it loads, it asks me if i want to remote install or something like that. Help?

Also tried my leopard disc same thing...and I don't know how to explore a cd in windows without a right click

It works just fine. People enjoy spreading lies and FUD. I don't understand it but they apparently get some weird joy out of it.

As for installing the Boot Camp drivers, you have to open My Computer, right click on the Leopard DVD and goto "open". There you will find the Boot Camp folder, which contains bootcamp.exe. For whatever reason the auto-run installer doesn't run when you insert the DVD.