Windows 7 - 64 Driver Support in BC?

I think my XP partition is acting up a bit and I'm due for an reinstall. Wondering what some NBRers experiences have been installing Win7 on a Unibody MBP rev A. Will it find all of my hardware without a problem? Any performance bumps over XP? General thoughts?

 

Smooth sailing and install w/ W7 32b RC since early May.

Be sure to install the trackpad update from Apple, else the BC drivers install without incident and everything works fine.

 

w7 rc 32bit flies!!! but windows vista 64 is not supported by bootcamp. so how can the 64 bit version of w7 even be supported. in short, w7 rc 64 bit is not supported by the current version of bootcamp.

 

Since when? I've seen 64-bit drivers on the OS X disc.

 

Yea, you can get w7 working in 64bit.

I think on unibodies it should be easy to do, but for my SR it was somewhat of a hassle, but in the end it worked out.

Do a quick google search with terms unibody and your ghz with windows 7 64bit and you should come across guides telling you what you need to do to get it to work.

 

i read on the forums here that vista 64 bit is not supported. i guess i misread it then.

 

vista 64 bit is supported, just not for every 64 bit apple machine.

2008 and on

 

Ok, i guess that was the catch!!lol

 

Can anyone with the 9600m GT (unibody) tell me about the warmth/heat? Such as typing, is it warm on the palms? I don't mind the bottom getting warm, but the palm and keyboard area, I want it to stay cool. Any comments on that please? (For those who installed Windows 7 64-bit)

 

it's warm. approximately 38-40degrees celcius.

 

which runs the coolest ? xp? vista? w7 ?

 

w7rc......

 

Warm as in uncomfortable to type in?

 

It should be less hassle than before, since Vista SP1 already support EFI properly, the only problem will be the drivers...anyway the important thing is that it could be done.

http://blog.andersonshatch.com/2008/04/13/macbook-pro-and-vista-64-bit/
But with, again, driver issues: http://elegantcode.com/2007/11/08/leopard-and-vista-64-on-a-macbook-pro/

PD: SCRATCH THAT! some research after..and newer macbooks support vista 64 bits almost in everyway!! just do what you'll normally do on a 32 bits version.

this is a spanish link...but google traductor will do the trick http://www.artedinamico.com/noticia/1277/8

 

Powering the laptop off lets it run the coolest.

I have Win7 on my Macbook Pro 17" unibody, and the temperature is not particularly noticeable vs. OS X. I also notice no extra effort by the system in terms of cooling. It seems fine and normal.

castillo: check the dates on your links.

 

S.SubZero, thanks for the info. How's the battery life on that 17"?

 

I haven't yet used it off the AC. I keep stalling on buying a carrying case/shell for it and I'm paranoid to take it outside 8P

From what I have heard, the battery life on the MBP's in Windows is not as long as under OS X. Optimization of the power management could help with that, but I doubt Apple will bend over backwards to make that happen.

 

That was a good joke... it did give me a good laugh thinking someone might actually believe any of that.

 

Although what Desiree said is laughable, there are some core truths to what she says (albeit twisted in her own little world). I'm not sure that windows supports millions of different pieces of hardware (maybe millions of different combinations?), but there is tons of support for hardware in windows, written either by Microsoft in generic form, or supported by its respective manufacturer. OS X is only meant to run on a specific set of hardware, whereas windows supports far more. That is true. Although OS X only running on a limited set of hardware does have its advantages, it can be tweaked and tweaked to run the best on that small set of hardware instead of devoting mass amounts of resources and man hours to support everything, which windows aspires to do.
Secondly, XP is on it's way out, and less and less new hardware will be supported in it, that is true. XTinct, I like that.
Thirdly, I played around with linux for 3 or 4 months, and one thing that really turned me off to it was, the lack of hardware support, and the fact that I had to hack many files just to get some functionality or workaround some bugs on the fly. It was a nightmare, and in it's current state I just don't think linux is suitable for the masses. There's just too many distros, and too many problems with it. Now while I disagree that people write linux cause they want to be famous (rofl), it has such a long way to go before it's ready to be deployed to the average (let's face it, clueless) consumer. For the power user, and tweaker, linux (in my opinion) is a toy and something to play around with, but for those that want to spend less time tweaking and more time working, really OS X or Windows is the only viable choice at this time.

 

I have yet to see any hardware that is Windows 7 only and I probably will not any time soon.

 

Funny, how this "driver" business works. My scanner has drivers for XP. Those drivers worked with Win7 (both 32 and 64), however, Vista doesn't recognize the same drivers. Let's see how OS X is going to be next week...

 

What brand and model scanner is it? Where can I see those drivers?

 

OS X is lovely. You plug it in, run Software Update. Download drivers. Voila.