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    Boot Camp question with Snow Leopard

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dbam987, Aug 20, 2009.

  1. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    For anyone lucky enough to try one of the pre-release versions of Snow Leopard, do you know if it has any updates to Boot Camp? What's the latest version of Boot Camp right now thats available to the general masses?

    Apologies if this was already asked...
     
    dbam987, Aug 20, 2009
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  2. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    If I remember correctly, installing Boot Camp drivers in Windows showed version 3.
     
    Khris, Aug 20, 2009
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  3. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    yes boocamp version 3 which doesnt even include the much awaited gpu switching software..
     
    Luke1708, Aug 20, 2009
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  4. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    But does it include drivers which make the touchpad actually usable in the new MBPs?
     
    Budding, Aug 21, 2009
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  5. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    i would prefer a better battery life. How i wish i had bought a thinkpad instead. Apple's drivers for windows are absolutely horrible. we needed the 9400m in windows.
     
    Luke1708, Aug 21, 2009
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    AirSinner Notebook Evangelist

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    v10.6 boot camp now offers HSF+ read-only support for HSF+ volumes. So basically while using boot camp you can open the Mac hard disk while in windows read contents and copy files to your windows partition.
     
    AirSinner, Aug 21, 2009
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  7. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    I am sorry,but why do you use windows while mobile?
     
    Xirurg, Aug 21, 2009
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  8. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    I program in windows at uni.
     
    Luke1708, Aug 21, 2009
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  9. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    no mac os alternative?
     
    Xirurg, Aug 21, 2009
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  10. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Unfortunately there aren't always Mac alternatives. MS Money is a prime example. Absolutely NOTHING comes close to it's functionality and that means I need to keep Windows installed.
     
    Khris, Aug 21, 2009
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  11. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    everyone has a different opinion of what is good or bad in functionality...

    personally i like iBank or even MoneyDance better than MS Money.
     
    doh123, Aug 21, 2009
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  12. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    I've tried iBank and used it for a couple months to give it an honest chance. Between missing transactions during imports, continually having to manually balance iBank compared to my actual account and the overall feeling of disarray, I gave up on it and went back to MS Money.

    I've also tried Quicken (HA! What a joke!) as well as Cha-Ching (again, very poor in comparison). I haven't heard of MoneyDance however and will give it a Google......but I'm not holding out much hope. :S
     
    Khris, Aug 21, 2009
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