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    bootcamp now

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by stealthsniper96, Oct 25, 2007.

  1. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    so, now that leopards out, does bootcamp cost money?
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 25, 2007
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    that blows
     
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    lol, it blows that it's 'free', or that it expired?
     
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    that it expired. i was gona get around to runnin linux thru it soon. now i gotta wait till i get leopard. :(
     
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    just download it off the internet, not hard
     
    kickace, Oct 25, 2007
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    Yeaps, until further notice, it seems Boot Camp will be a Leopard-exclusive feature. There was a report back then that Apple would charge Boot Camp on Tiger for $30, but it seems Apple doesn't plan to do that anymore, if ever.
     
    Sam, Oct 25, 2007
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    Yeah you can definitely find it on 'teh internets' if you look hard enough.
     
    00fez, Oct 25, 2007
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    So what happens when it expires?

    I can't get Leopard until I start reading that CS3 works well.
     
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    Your current boot camp installation will never expire.
     
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    I've heard that Bootcamp for Tiger will expire at the end of the year, and Adobe promises to have all of their major apps properly patched by the end of the year as well. So... if both sides proceed as promised, you shouldn't need to be concerned.
     
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    Ah, so "expires" means it's not available for download from Apple.
     
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    ^Indeed. At the end of the year you are free to keep running boot camp under Tiger if you wish.
     
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    WELL CRAP! i wish ida known that a week ago
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 27, 2007
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    Well you already can't download it from Apple. Boot Camp on your computer will cease to work at the end of the year, meaning no more repartitioning, etc. However, you will forever be able to boot into your Windows partition, that will never expire. That is how I understood it.

    I guess Apple just figured anyone who runs Boot Camp will likely be buying Leopard anyway.
     
    cashmonee, Oct 27, 2007
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    Yep, that's exactly it.
     
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    well i did find it some where on a google search, but someone over on the ubuntu forums said somethin about rEFIt. so i might give that one a go.
     
    stealthsniper96, Oct 27, 2007
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