Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple Computer Warns of Boot Camp Beta Expiration
Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple Computer Warns of Boot Camp Beta Expiration
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple Computer Warns of Boot Camp Beta Expiration
- From: Dave Schroeder <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:16:41 -0500
It's probably worth mentioning that an already-installed Boot Camp
installation won't just "stop working"; it's just the assistant that
will no longer launch. Leopard, which will include a final Boot Camp,
will also ship before the current Boot Camp beta expires. Apple may
also decide to offer the "final" Boot Camp for Tiger for a small fee,
as was the case with iChat AV.
In any event, Boot Camp has always clearly been marked as at-your-own-
risk beta software, so regardless of how long it's been around or how
many people are using it, there shouldn't be any real complaints
about this in my view.
- Dave
On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Kim,Andy US Senate wrote:
As of 09/30/ 07, Apple has begun warning users <http://
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306583> that its beta
version of the Boot Camp software <http://www.apple.com/macosx/
bootcamp/> for running Windows on an Intel-based Apple Computer
will expire at the end of October.
Unlike VMWare Fusion and Parallels Desktop virtualization
solutions that run from within Mac OS X, Boot Camp allows users to
start up their Mac using Microsoft's Windows OS.
Apple’s announced document notes that the license to use Boot Camp
Beta 1.2 or earlier expires on September 30, 2007 and that the Boot
Camp Assistant Beta will no longer open after expiration.
Apple says that users can continue using Boot Camp Beta by
upgrading to Boot Camp Beta 1.4, but warns that "the license to use
Boot Camp Beta expires when Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard is available to
the public. To continue using Boot Camp at that time, upgrade to
Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard.
It’s not clear whether Apple will offer its Boot Camp technology
for Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger.
R/ Andy
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