Apple to Charge for Boot Camp? 501
An anonymous reader writes "According to a report MacScoop has obtained, Apple will charge current users of Mac OS X Tiger for the final version of Boot Camp that will be released at the same time as Mac OS X Leopard, this Spring."
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:4, Interesting)
"will be sold for $29 to Tiger users" (Score:5, Interesting)
There are now great alternatives. Boot Camp, Parallels, CrossOverMac, Wine. Competition is great (even if cooperation is better
No way. (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:5, Interesting)
Just to make something clear that is not so clear in the summary: Boot Camp is included with Leopard, it is free with Leopard. It is BETA on Tiger, and if you wish to use the supported final Boot Camp on Tiger after Leopard is released, you will have to pay.
This is an inducement to upgrade. If they let you just keep BootCamp for free, without wrapping it up in something else you paid for, then the SOX fairy would surely turn them into a pumpkin.
I hope every lobbyist is working overtime to fix this damn GAAP rule. It makes sense on paper, but the implementation is "Retarded".
Apple milking its users? I'm shocked! (Score:1, Interesting)
Apple is the king of "nickel and dime"ing the user for all it's worth.
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:3, Interesting)
Not til they fix it... (Score:2, Interesting)
Back to Bootcamp... it took almost a solid year for them to release a build of the Windows drivers that actually made use of all of the system's hardware... until then, the two-finger trackpad drag didn't work (and it's still sub-par to the responsiveness of the OSX drivers)... opening the onboard camera blew the OS up...
Even now, running the latest code, when you bring Windows back from hibernate on a Macbook, the trackpad doesn't work at all and a reboot is required to bring it back. It's been tolerable because it's a beta, but put a price tag on it and we have a different situation. They're going to have to put a lot more effort into making a quality product if they want us to shell out for it.
What is the difference between Boot Camp and GRUB? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:3, Interesting)
Dont need it: We need only the BIOS emulation (Score:2, Interesting)
1) It provides a GUI (not very good and limited, it does not support linux) for resizing the patritions. The actual job is done by DiskUtil, which can be used without installing BootCamp.
2) It contains a disk image with Apple Win32 drivers (you can extract the image from the BootCamp installer - just search in the package and you'll find the image somewhere - i remember waguely it is in a
You dont need BootCamp to instal windows and/or linux. You need a Mac with a firmware which supports BIOS emulation; for windows you also need the Apple win32 drivers.
Boot canmp is an irritating application, You cannot use it if you want to configure a triple boot (OSX/Linux/Windows)- It WOULD NOT LET YOU CREATE a LINUX PARTITION.
Another irritating feature. Apple firmware mistakenly identifies any non-Apple operating system as 'Windows'; for Apple 'Linux' is the same as 'Windows'. That is an offense for each and every Linux user all over the world (Bad Apple, Bad!). Fortunately this can be easily corrected by using a third party bootloader (rEFIt).
For installing Linux and Windows on a Mac you need a Mac with a Bios emulation (if it does not have it just upgrade the firmware). For windows you also need Apple Win32 drivers.
1) Make Win and Linux partition at the command line with DiskUtil.
2) Install Win and Linux.
3) Install the rEFIt bootloader. I would suggest to install it even if you do not use linux, it is much better than Apple's bootloader.
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:4, Interesting)
But really, I see this as a good thing. If they are going to release it as a full retail release with documentation and actual support, then by all means put a price tag on it. It will only take one half hour phone call to support to burn through the $30 retail price, and in the scope of things the price vs additional functionality you will get from a Mac is a mind bending proposition.
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:parallels (Score:5, Interesting)
MadCow.
Re:Looks like I'll stay with Tiger then (Score:3, Interesting)
think of it like a free preview of an upcoming feature in a future version of the OS. It would be the same way if they made a beta of TimeMachine or Spaces (that's the name of the VirtualDesktop feature, right?) available, and said that Tiger users could pay a small fee to be able to use the release version.