First things first, a very happy new year to all our readers here at Windows 7 News.
So what is Apple’s plan for supporting Windows 7 in boot camp? Several months ago now the company said they’d build in support for Microsoft’s new operating system by the end of 2009. Well that time’s come and gone now and the promised update hasn’t appeared.
It’s still possible to install Windows 7 on a Mac but there can be problems. Some people have reported that the multi-touch mouse drivers don’t work properly while others have said the system can be slow to boot and operate, which Mac users would probably put down to the normal behaviour of Windows 
However there’s still no support and this has got industry watchers wondering which of the three best possible reasons it could be…
1) It’s proving more difficult than expected to get everything working with Windows 7
2) Apple are far too busy on another project that is, for whatever reason, good or bad, requiring all the time of their programmers
3) Apple recognise that Windows 7 really is the solid opposition many people in the press have been saying it is for months, and anything they can do to harm it (even in small way) they’ll do
My own opinion is that it’s a large chunk of 2 with a little bit of 3 thrown in for good measure. Apple are competing against Microsoft after all and the boot camp support would be supporting their rivals. They will have user data from Macs around the world no doubt that indicate how many people are using Windows on their Macs, and what versions of Windows they’re installing. It’s possible, though still entirely speculative, that they’ve seen an upward trend in the use of Windows 7 they don’t like.
Whatever the reason, there are a lot of very loyal Mac owners who do genuinely want or need to use Windows 7 for whatever reason, and Apple have maintained a stony silence on when they’ll be helping them. They’ve missed their self-imposed deadline and are entering 2010 seemingly not caring too much about communicating with many of their own customers.
can apple let us have mac osx on pc?
it will be a different game if they do!!
i hacked to get it working on a dell e1505 laptop! ahhahahahha:P
it is suck!!!
very funny! watch!
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/the-escapist-film-festival-2009/1101-PopFight-Mac-vs-PC
Krioni and TA are correct here. Apple’s priority is on selling hardware. The more they can appeal to switchers (via bootcamp and Windows-like conveniences that don’t impinge negatively on the Mac user experience) the more Macs they can sell. Lack of bootcamp support for Windows 7 can only hurt this effort. What logic is there to claim Apple is deliberately hurting their own bottom line in order to hurt their competitors? True, Microsoft would lose out on a few sales of Windows 7 to Mac users until the needed bootcamp support emerges, but I don’t think anyone would argue these are significant numbers, and clearly Apple would have more to gain by moving quickly to include bootcamp support for Windows 7. Since this hasn’t happened as quickly as Apple promised, I think a mix of option 1 and 2 are responsible for the delays. Option 3 may be emotionally satisfying to cling to for those unhappy to see their comfortable Windows-only world changing–if not crumbling–around them, but it actually flies in the face of reality.
Dan
Apple does not care about market share folks. They only care about sales, check their profits and you’ll get an idea of how well their philosophy works. Hell, compare Apple’s profit to Microshaft and you’ll see what I mean. They could care less if Windows 7 is run on a Mac or not, they only care to sell the Mac. Of course they care if people can install Win7 of a Mac, they want them to. If being able to install Win7 on a Mac equals a purchase, then they are fully behind it. My opinion is it has nothing to do with Win7, Win7 is nothing more than Vista with lipstick and a new hairdo. The problem is Apple has come out with devices and is coming out with devices that need to function properly under Bootcamp. I am sure they are hard at work try to get modern devices working on an archaic OS.
rabidcb
hahhahahah
Apple does not care about market share folks. They only care about sales!
lol
“have an apple a day keep the ms tech support a way!
Microsoft is not a pc maker!
if they make a pc you will be shocked! Microsoft os is very good and stable but your stupid hardware make it suck!!!!!!!!!!
advanced pc user never buy hp dell compaq toshiba or any bullshit like that~!
that is what you did wrong! “you pushed a cheap pc over the edge!”
if you spend all that money on a pc
well you have no idea!
what do you do with a mac? edit video or photo all day long? internet all day long???
pc is the most innovative! it is constantly changing ! mac jest copied Intel CPU!
yes learn it from us!!!
Yes – the Zoon and the X-box are excellent examples of Redmond’s skill with hardware. Heck the X-box with its 50% failure rate is a great number Mr. Rain, don’t you think?
bill your are right!
i do understand why this bs is not fixed!!!
it is cooling failure!
ms don’t make hardware but they could have picked good one tho!
i thought i will never see it fail in person but i did!
It’s Windows kiddies. It’s not going to work properly, no matter how hard you try.
Oh look, Norton wants me to renew my subscription. How fun.
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Thanks, but no thanks. I’ll stick with Mac.
I don’t care what people use. I have installed Win 7 on 2 Bootcamp partitions without any issues. You do need to use 10.6 BootCamp files to run correctly, since the older 2.0 files won’t work very well. I’ve also installed Win 7 on a number VMs and it works just fine. I’m sure there are issues with Bootcamp, but it has been my experience things seem to work well. Id Win 7 better / worst than 10.6? I really don’t care.
FYI: Windows 7 runs well and fast with an emulator (i.e. Parallels Desktop 5)!!
I am agree with you. I think If Apple cooperate with Microsoft then It will help Users to get some Apple’s enhanced features.
Thanks for Information
Hmm… you can boot into Windows on a Mac ? not that i will, but it’s nice to know.
Any word of Windows at least being able to read HFS+ drives without additional software ? Luckily, on my Mac i can read/write Fat32 and read NTFS just fine. I think microsoft should get it’s act together for this most basic of features
, just my opinion. 
efore you consider buying Windows 7, you should make sure your computer meets the minimum requirements. In case you’re already running Windows Vista with 1 GB RAM, you’re safe. Generally your computer should have at least the following specs:
* 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
* 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
* DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver