News: “10.6: Create a shared Boot Camp/OS X encrypted partition”

Posted: December 10th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

10.6: Create a shared Boot Camp/OS X encrypted partition on MacOSXHints.com
Topics: MacBook Pro, Boot Camp, MacBook, Disk Utility, Mac OS X

This hint describes how to create an extra, encrypted FAT-32 partition on a MacBook Pro running Boot Camp with Snow Leopard and Windows 7 already in place. This partition can be accessed with read/write permissions from both the OS X and Windows side…


News: “10.6: How to install Win XP Pro Service Pack 3 in Boot Camp 3″

Posted: November 1st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , | No Comments »

10.6: How to install Win XP Pro Service Pack 3 in Boot Camp 3 on MacOSXHints.com
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp

Over the weekend, in preparation for an upcoming review of the newest versions of Fusion and VirtualBox, I needed to set up a new Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. Because Windows 7 isn’t yet officially supported by Apple, and Vista isn’t widely…


News: “Apple’s Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support”

Posted: October 23rd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Apple’s Boot Camp users must wait for Windows 7 support on Ars Technica – All Ars Technica Content
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Boot Camp

If your copy of Windows 7 has arrived and you are champing at the bit to get it installed on your Mac via Boot Camp, you may want to slow down. According to an Apple Knowledge Base posting (via MacUser), Apple has plans to eventually…


News: “Mac Boot Camp to support Windows 7 by year’s end”

Posted: October 22nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Mac Boot Camp to support Windows 7 by year’s end on Betanews
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp, Mac OS X

By Tim Conneally, Betanews Apple today promised to update its Boot Camp partitioning tool to support Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate before the end of the year. In a support article posted to Apple’s site today, it says the Boot…


News: “How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac)”

Posted: October 22nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

How to Survive Boot Camp (and Run Win 7 on a Mac) [How To] on Gizmodo
Topics: MacBook, Boot Camp, Mac OS X, Disk Utility

Windows 7 and Snow Leopard are great. And cheap. Boot Camp’s the free, official way to run them both natively on one machine. It’s easy to setup, and just works, except when it doesn’t. Here’s how to survive Boot Camp. Boot Camp, to be clear, is…


News: “Snow Leopard Beats Windows 7 In Almost Every Count on Mac Hardware”

Posted: October 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Snow Leopard Beats Windows 7 In Almost Every Count on Mac Hardware [Windows Vs Mac] on Gizmodo
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, MacBook, Boot Camp

CNET has spent some time testing 64-bit Windows 7 and Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro, currently the only machine that officially supports both of them natively. Snow Leopard wins in all accounts except one: Gaming. Of course, you can argue that…


News: “Performance Test Pits Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard”

Posted: October 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Performance Test Pits Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard [Performance] on Lifehacker
Topics: MacBook Pro, MacBook, Mac OS X, Boot Camp

With the Windows 7 release looming next week and Snow Leopard having stretched its legs for a couple of months now, tech site CNET decided that it’d be a good time to see how the two stack up against each other. It may seem unfair that the tests use…


News: “VMWare Fusion 3 Makes Running Windows on Mac Almost Fun”

Posted: October 5th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

VMWare Fusion 3 Makes Running Windows on Mac Almost Fun on Mashable!
Topics: Mac OS X, Mac OS X v10.5, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X v10.4, MacBook, Boot Camp, Mac OS 9

As we pointed out yesterday, more and more Americans are buying Macs, but going to the iSide doesn’t always mean you can leave Windows behind. Since 2006, every Mac that Apple sells has also had the ability to run Windows using Boot…


News: “6 Things Windows Users should Know Before Switching to Mac”

Posted: September 21st, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

6 Things Windows Users should Know Before Switching to Mac on MakeUseOf.com
Topics: MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac OS X, Boot Camp, System Preferences

Ah, what an experience. I remember when I first switched over to a Mac. Actually, I remember when I was first exposed to a Mac. My mate, who had a PowerBook at that time, demonstrated how Exposé and Fast User Switching worked in Panther. To be…


News: “Why I chose Windows 7 over Snow Leopard (and you should, too)”

Posted: September 16th, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Why I chose Windows 7 over Snow Leopard (and you should, too) on Betanews
Topics: Mac OS X, MacBook Pro, MacBook, ILife, Intel Core 2, QuickTime, Intel Core, Mac OS X v10.5, Boot Camp

By Joe Wilcox, Betanews Last week, I returned to using Windows 7 after spending the summer on a 13-inch MacBook Pro. Apple almost had me there for awhile, but I’m back where I belong and satisfied with the switch. Given that Apple released Snow…