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Re: Apple BootCamp now supports no Win OS but Win8

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On 2014-03-20, Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 19/03/2014 10:16, RS Wood wrote:
>>  From the «hope you like Metro!» department:
>> It looks like Apple[3] might have taken Microsoft's recent video[4] to heart
>> after all. MacRumors reports[5] that Apple's support page[6] for Boot Camp
>> has been updated to reflect the fact that the latest Mac Pro[7] will no
>> longer support Windows 7[8] or any older versions of the operating system.
>> Although all the previous models appear to have retained Windows 7 and Vista
>> support, MacRumors notes that this could be the first sign of future Mac
>> computers shedding support for the aging software altogether. Mac users who
>> depend on Boot Camp might start paying closer attention to those Windows 8
>> updates[9] from now on.
>
> Seems an odd choice, since according to the Apple support page at
> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634 the same current version 5 of Boot Camp
> still supports Windows 7 64-bit as well as Windows 8 64-bit on all other
> current Mac hardware. Then again, there's nothing to stop people installing
> Parallels Desktop or similar virtualisation software and running Windows 7
> that way - and that would have the added advantage of allowing Windows apps
> to be used without having to restart your Mac Pro.  The only downside would
> be that said apps would not be able to harness all of the Mac Pro's
> processing power.
>
> Alan
>

I happen to agree.  I've never seen anyone using Bootcamp but I see tons of
people running Win apps using Parallels.  Seems like the best of both worlds to
me - the OS X desktop but still ability to run whatever application your office
has foisted on you.

Wondering if all the fiddling with boot time parameters Microsoft has done
recently hasn't had an effect on being able to boot other OSes?

Imagine how much disk space you'd lose if you install both Mavericks and Win8.1
on your hardware.  

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Apple BootCamp now supports no Win OS but Win8 RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-19 10:16 +0000
  Re: Apple BootCamp now supports no Win OS but Win8 Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:16 +0000
    Re: Apple BootCamp now supports no Win OS but Win8 RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 08:53 +0000
      Re: Apple BootCamp now supports no Win OS but Win8 Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-21 16:32 +0100

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