Boot Camp support for Windows 7 :restrictions & caveats

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Apple promises support as late as the end of the year, only on Snow Leopard, and only on recent Apple products.

Summary
Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp.

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The following models will not be supported for use with Windows 7 using Boot Camp.

iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)
Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz)
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About Boot Camp and Windows 7

Apple's Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support - Ars Technica

So nice to see Apple finally doing something practical to spoil the Windows 7 parade.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus N73SV
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate SP1
CPU
Core i7-2630QM
Motherboard
Intel HM 65
Memory
6 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia GT 540M / Intel HD 3000 - Optimus switching
Sound Card
HD Audio (Intel Azalia/Realtek) ALC269
Monitor(s) Displays
LED flat panel
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
2x Seagate Momentus 640 GB - 1,28 TB in total
Internet Speed
4 MB/256 kbps
Other Info
External HDs

WD Elements 1,5 TB
WD MyBook 500 GB
The solution seems simple.

Ditch Apple!

WTF doweneeditfor???
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
I trust nobody!
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64/x86 Windows 7 Pro x64/x86 Windows 7 Home Premium x64/x86
CPU
Intel C2Q 9650
Motherboard
Intel
Memory
8GB DDR2800 Corsair
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA 260 GTX
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 2409w
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
10 of em!
PSU
600 Watt FSP Group
Case
Antec
Cooling
Fresh Air
Keyboard
Microsoft
Mouse
Razer
Internet Speed
Fast enough
Wow they don't even support the Mac Pro that you spend so much money for.

That's kind of sad since they really don't have many computer models to support in the first place.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Asus 15.4" laptop
OS
Windows 7 7100 build
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5
Motherboard
Asus
Memory
4gig
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9500 512mb mobile
Monitor(s) Displays
External 26" Samsung TOC (very nice!!)
Screen Resolution
19200 by 1200
Hard Drives
1 320gig 7200 rpm
Hehe god damn Apple. Happy to let you install Windows on your mac but they won't let you install OSX on a PC :-(

As an iPhone developer that means I have to fork out big money for a computer or work on a hackintosh that could break at any time :-(
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Core 2 DUO
Motherboard
Unknown
Memory
4GB
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