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    When does my bootcamp expire?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Oct 19, 2007.

  1. passive101

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    I'm running bootcamp 1.4 I think right now. I hope they give us a few months to buy leopard or something.

    When does my boot camp expire? I'll have to buy Leopard then.
     
    passive101, Oct 19, 2007
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  2. Sam

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    Well, previous versions of Boot Camp expired on September 30th, 2007. But the current Boot Camp Beta (1.4) doesn't really have an expiry date yet, as far as I know. But there will most likely be advance notice of it before it happens.

    And this is worth noting:

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
     
    Sam, Oct 19, 2007
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  3. passive101

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    Good to know. How do I know what version of boot camp I have? I'm in Tiger right now.
     
    passive101, Oct 19, 2007
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    Didn't you just say you're running Boot Camp Beta 1.4? :p
     
    Sam, Oct 19, 2007
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    I think I have 1.4. But it's after sept 30th so I must have 1.4?

    I haven't clicked for it to check for any updates in awhile.

    I'm a mac tard sam :)
     
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    Yeah, you should have 1.4. It was released a while ago, so you probably updated to it already.
     
    Sam, Oct 19, 2007
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    Thanks Sam :) I was getting worried I might lose my info or something.
     
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    So it sounds like 1.3 and 1.4 do not expire? That is probably a good move on Apple's part for people like me who have to wait a bit to upgrade.
     
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    It probably does, but not right away, I would assume.
     
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    I was told by someone at an Apple Store that the "expiration" of Boot Camp 1.4 means that after the first of the year, it will no longer be available to download from Apple. That being the case, all you'd need to do is download the install file now and burn it to a CD for safe keeping.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 19, 2007
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    AFAIK it will expire on Dec 31. But you can use the partitions you have created and continue booting into windows without a prob. You just wont be able to run bootcamp assistant after the date.
     
    ethanhunt123, Oct 19, 2007
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    From what I read I agree with ethanhunt123 on that. You just won't be able to edit/alter your partitions. You will still be able to dual boot into Windows.
     
    sasanac, Oct 19, 2007
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    This is the way it will work. If you have it up and running already, nothing much will happen.
     
    Starlight, Oct 20, 2007
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    I use Boot Camp and I'm not getting Leopard until I read that Adobe CS3 is good to go on Leopard.

    I hope I don't get dead ended by these bigwigs and their sly agendas.
     
    count_schemula, Oct 20, 2007
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