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    Question for a Thinkpad user part III

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by diver110, Dec 14, 2009.

  1. diver110

    diver110 Notebook Evangelist

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    I thought it would be safer to give feedback in a new thread. I happened to be walking by an Apple store and asked about using Windows 7 on a Macbook Pro. They acknowledged that it is currently a problem, but a fix should likely be out in a month or so....

    Believable?
     
    diver110, Dec 14, 2009
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  2. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    win 7 works quite well as long as you use the current bootcamp 3 driver for the touchpad and ignore the rest and use drivers straight from Nvidia, Intel, etc.

    Batter life sucks on any with the switchable 9400m/9600 video cards as the apple drivers/hardware like to force you to use the power hungry 9600.

    will Apple optimize their drivers in a month or 2 ..... who the heck knows
     
    crazycanuk, Dec 14, 2009
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  3. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    I use Windows 7 within a VMWare Fusion VM ona MB-Unibody with no problem, albeit no Aero effects are available.
     
    SP Forsythe, Dec 14, 2009
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  4. Lyanowu

    Lyanowu Notebook Consultant

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    Can you specify what are the problems that they acknowledged about Windows 7 on a macbook pro?
     
    Lyanowu, Dec 14, 2009
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  5. Vaath

    Vaath Notebook Deity

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    LOL, part III...should have died out after one
     
    Vaath, Dec 14, 2009
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