gibsonm Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Text of an email I received from Apple this morning (my time): Dear Boot Camp enthusiast: We hope you've enjoyed the opportunity to preview an exciting new feature of Mac OS X Leopard. With the introduction of Leopard, the Boot Camp Beta program has ended. The Boot Camp Beta software will expire on December 31, and Apple won't offer further updates of Boot Camp Beta for Mac OS X Tiger. If you'd like to continue using Boot Camp, Apple invites you to upgrade to Mac OS X Leopard. Learn more. Thank you for your participation in the Boot Camp Beta program.So it appears to be confirmed that as of 01/01/08 you will need to be running Leopard to run Boot Camp and hence CM:SF in its present incarnation on a Mac. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Does that mean that Boot Camp will be an integral feature of Leopard? Or will it remain a separate acquisition? Never mind; found this: ...Boot Camp, now included with Leopard.Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I also got that e-mail and quickly sent a query to my Reliable Mac contact your Windows OS of choice will still work Apple is just not providing any further updates of drivers etc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Originally posted by Michael Emrys: Does that mean that Boot Camp will be an integral feature of Leopard? Or will it remain a separate acquisition? Never mind; found this: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />...Boot Camp, now included with Leopard.Michael </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steiner14 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Originally posted by jeffsmith: I also got that e-mail and quickly sent a query to my Reliable Mac contact In India? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Originally posted by Steiner14: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by jeffsmith: I also got that e-mail and quickly sent a query to my Reliable Mac contact In India? </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webwing Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 -- Gotta love how they name their products though.: Boot Camp, Tiger, Leopard. What's next? King Tiger? --- 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Just as long as it isn't KP. I hate peeling spuds. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.W. Guderian Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 a humble FYI mac-peoples. I have been running XP on BootCamp "beta" under 10.4 (Tiger). [MacBook Pro 2.0GHz w/ 2GB RAM] Recently upgraded to 10.5 (Leopard) and it's given me no problems with my Windows partition. All seems fine. Given the current state of play with CM:SF and the improvements / patches that still need to follow I suppose one would be mad to expect BFC to follow through on their previous commitments to produce an OS X native version any time in the near future? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Originally posted by H.W. Guderian: Given the current state of play with CM:SF and the improvements / patches that still need to follow I suppose one would be mad to expect BFC to follow through on their previous commitments to produce an OS X native version any time in the near future? I thought that whole line of development was abandoned as soon as it was announced that the Intel Macs would be able to run Windows. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Watch this space ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Originally posted by gibsonm: Watch this space ... Oh, man. . . I hope this means what I hope it does! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.W. Guderian Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Originally posted by gibsonm: Watch this space ... Roger that Major. Previous engagements would suggest that *IF* a Mac OS X native CMX2 did exist and *IF* it was seeded for testing that it would likely be on your MacBook? Of course any NDA would demand total radio silence so no confirmation is expected . . . But I wonder . . . how long has it been since you booted into Windows? Frankly I'm weary of booting into / out of Windows and loath sacrificing 10GB of a laptop drive to the partition. Then again I'm not playing CM:SF at the moment, I'm back to the enjoyment and immersion of CMAK - which will always demand Windows (Con-tarnit!). But a future of quality OS X native CMX2 titles (WW2 etc) could mean eventual freedom from Windows! Cheers from the other side of Bass Strait. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 Well I currently boot into Windows on an almost daily basis (as that's the only way I can do the Beta testing with the product). As for the other matter, I may have already said too much and rather than exceed my role and falsely raise expectations, will leave it to Steve for any substantive announcement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibsonm Posted December 10, 2007 Author Share Posted December 10, 2007 Additional information from TidBITS #907: A couple of months ago, Mark Anbinder mentioned in "Boot Camp Beta on the Chopping Block" (2007-10-14) that, per Apple's repeated statements, the beta period for Boot Camp would officially come to an end once Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was released. Apple's plan had always been to beta-test Boot Camp under Tiger, but then - once the feature was built into Leopard - discontinue support of the beta. On 28-Nov-07, Apple sent an email message to all those who had provided their addresses when downloading the Boot Camp beta, with a gentle reminder: If you haven't already upgraded to Leopard and want to continue using Boot Camp, you'd better get with it now, because the beta version will officially expire on 31-Dec-07. http://db.tidbits.com/article/9238 If you've already upgraded to Leopard, or plan to do so before the end of the month, you have nothing to worry about; Boot Camp should continue working seamlessly after you transition to 10.5. If, however, you're still using Boot Camp and Leopard isn't in your immediate future, you should understand what Apple means by the word "expire." If your Mac's clock ticks over to 01-Jan-08 and you still have Windows installed under the Boot Camp beta in Tiger, it won't suddenly stop working. Your files won't disappear, and you'll still be able to boot into Windows. What will change is that the Boot Camp Assistant utility will no longer run. That means you won't be able to create new Boot Camp installations, but it also means you won't be able to remove your existing Boot Camp partition without mucking around in Disk Utility or Terminal and, in all probability, erasing everything on your disk. This situation mirrors what Apple previously did with early beta versions of Boot Camp: If you had version 1.2 or earlier installed, it expired on 30-Sep-07, requiring an upgrade either to version 1.3 or 1.4 (neither of which remains available now) or an upgrade to Leopard. If you happened to fall through the cracks by not upgrading to a newer beta before the old version expired, however, Apple provided instructions for removing a Windows partition - basically, set your Mac's clock back to a time before the beta expired, run Boot Camp Assistant to remove the Windows partition, and then reset your clock to the current time. I presume the same procedure will work with beta versions 1.3 and 1.4 after 31-Dec-07, but I still recommend upgrading to Leopard or removing your Windows partition before then, if possible. http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306583 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306805 For those who have decided to switch from Boot Camp to virtualization software, it is possible (though not necessarily easy) to migrate your installation of Windows from Boot Camp to a virtual machine. In Parallels Desktop, use the included Parallels Transporter utility; instructions are found in the Parallels Transporter User Guide on pages 37-38. VMware Fusion users will need the separate (free) VMware Converter utility, which runs under Windows. After installing it, you'll need to turn on Windows File Sharing in Mac OS X, open your Boot Camp partition in Fusion, and then run the converter, saving a copy of your Windows installation to a new disk image on your shared Mac volume. http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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