Bootcamp

Solving Windows 7 RC Install Issues on Bootcamp

March 8, 2010

In a prior post I dis­cussed my prob­lems try­ing to replace Win­dows 7 Release Can­di­date on a Mac­Book Pro under Boot­camp. This week­end I took another shot at it, hav­ing found some posts that sug­gested my issues might be related to disk frag­men­ta­tion. You may have to defrag your disk first Thanks to these posts, I […]

Tagged as: Bootcamp, Snow Leopard, Windows 7 RC

Revised on June 4, 2010

Windows 7 RC on a Mac? Beware!

March 2, 2010

If you’ve been run­ning Win­dows 7 RC on a Mac­Book Pro in a Boot­camp par­ti­tion, beware. The path to rein­stalling Win­dows 7 is fraught with prob­lems, has­sles, risks and time wasters. Quick sum­mary, if you don’t want to read the rest of this post. After sev­eral hours of effort each day, over sev­eral days, I […]

Tagged as: Bootcamp, Mac OS 10.6, Windows 7 RC

Revised on June 4, 2010

Moving Up to Windows 7

October 23, 2009

I’ve been using Win­dows 7 release can­di­date on a Mac­Book Pro for sev­eral months, and would like to upgrade a work­horse PC from Vista to Win­dows 7. Before upgrad­ing the PC, I wanted to iden­tify poten­tial issues with my pri­mary soft­ware appli­ca­tions. Good thing I took this pre­cau­tion. Here’s why.

Tagged as: Bootcamp, MacBook Pro, Windows 7 compatibility

Revised on November 13, 2009