Bootcamp Beta after 31st of december??

kebosma · #1 December 7th, 2007, 02:10 PM

I'm using Bootcamp Beta to run windows XP on my mac.

I received a mail that Bootcamp Beta will expire after the 31st of december and no updates will be made available for Bootcamp Beta by Apple.

Does this mean that I am not able to start windows anymore after the 31st of december? Or is it just that Apple will not update Bootcamp Beta anymore?

I already saw just after the launch of Leopard that the program itself on my mac (Bootcamp assistant), was expired and I could not opened it anymore.

Does anybody know what will happen?

DarkSorrow · #2 December 8th, 2007, 05:06 PM

Based on what i heard, you still able to use XP, but the Boot Camp Assistant will be disabled after Dec 31th. Boot Camp Assistant being disabled will not affect your Xp Partition, it already been partitioned. There is no way for Boot Camp to merge it back to OSX since it already disabled after 31th. correct me if im wrong

Which mean you cannot repartition Window, or merge it back together with OSX, cannot use the updates. As long you leave the Xp partition alone, you be fine.

But one question which bother me, i remember back in Sept or Oct, Apple said about if Tiger user rather to stay in Tiger, they will sell Boot Camp to Tiger user for $10 or something. So far, i havent see anyone comment on that which make me believe that Apple is not going to sell Boot Camp for Tiger user?

nixgeek · #3 December 8th, 2007, 05:14 PM

Yeah, I remember Apple saying something like that as well. They were supposed to sell it to Tiger users for about 30 bucks or so. To date, I have not seen anything from Apple. Maybe by MacWorld?

DarkSorrow · #4 December 8th, 2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nixgeek

Yeah, I remember Apple saying something like that as well. They were supposed to sell it to Tiger users for about 30 bucks or so. To date, I have not seen anything from Apple. Maybe by MacWorld?

i check the boot camp webpage to see anything, but there nothing that say to buy it.

Since leopard is out, can ask apple on the phone if this is possible

icemanjc · #5 December 9th, 2007, 09:54 AM

I wonder if it's possible to use the leopard version in tiger?

Viro · #6 December 9th, 2007, 01:47 PM

The thing is you need the bootcamp assistant to boot into Windows, right? What if they disabled that too?

That's the danger of using beta software. They get disabled after a while since they usually have some timer code written in.

icemanjc · #7 December 9th, 2007, 09:49 PM

I'm not totally sure about this, but boot camp assistant really does nothing except for partition your hard drive. So as long as you've already installed Windows you will be fine.

DarkSorrow · #8 December 10th, 2007, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by icemanjc

I'm not totally sure about this, but boot camp assistant really does nothing except for partition your hard drive. So as long as you've already installed Windows you will be fine.

that what i thought as well. it just partition a non-HFS on the hard drive.

i doubt if Boot Camp Assistant got disabled will effect the partition since you need the permission to allow it to happen. i have two account on this macbook, one a admin account, other is standard (limited) account. so i am using standard account.

Unless if you in admin account while open the disabled Boot Camp Assistant.... oh dear..... it will do it automatically.

But i dont think that Apple want this to happen. they dont want to get cranky people sending them a angry emails asking why this is happening. im sure they will leave the partition alone.

But hey... anything can happen *knock on wood*