Apple revised their Boot Camp product today:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
Summary of changes:
-Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta includes:
-Support for the latest Intel-based Macintosh computers
-Easier partitioning using presets for popular sizes
-Ability to install Windows XP on any internal disk
-Support for built-in iSight cameras
-Support for built-in microphones
-Support for the Apple USB Modem
-Trackpad scrolling and right-click support on Apple Laptops
-Improved Apple keyboard support including Delete, PrintScreen,
NumLock, and ScrollLock keys
-Improved International Apple keyboard support
Boot Camp 1.1.2 beta contains several updates and is intended for all
new and previous Boot Camp beta users.
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196 (Ph.)
204-474-7556 (Fax)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
Hello,
Just in case any of you were wondering why Apple's new 64-bit Core 2
Duo MacBook-Pro and iMac products are limited to 3GB of RAM (1GB +
2GB) instead of a seemingly more normal 4GB maximum (2GB + 2GB) here
is the technical answer:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20061027080510835
In the article above, they make the following insightful comment.
"This is not a Mac-specific issue, and it calls into question the
claims some other manufacturers are making about 945PM chipset-based
models being able to accept 4 GB of RAM. For example, HP's Compaq
NC8430 makes use of the Intel 945PM chipset, and claims a maximum of
4 GB RAM with no caveats listed."
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196 (Ph.)
204-474-7556 (Fax)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
Hello,
Thought that the group would like to know that this morning Apple
upgraded their MacBook Pro products to Core 2 Duo.
http://www.apple.com/ca/macbookpro/
Please note that this does NOT include the MacBook product line.
Regards,
Doug
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Doug Hamilton, BA, MA, APP
Senior Computer Consultant
Computers-on-Campus; Univ. of Manitoba
204-474-6196 (Ph.)
204-474-7556 (Fax)
http://www.umanitoba.ca/bookstore/
...from:
http://forum.hardmac.com/index.php?showtopic=159&st=0&p=917&#entry917
and
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2164
It seems that, when Microsoft's new OS - VISTA - ships, only the
premium versions (there are 4 all together: Home Basic, Home Premium,
Business, and Ultimate) are authorized to run in a virtual
environment. The Software Licence Terms for VISTA that Microsoft has
published at:
http://download.microsoft.com/documents/useterms/Windows%20Vista_Home%
20Basic_English_6d3e0409-7a2c-4239-b850-d41210b71b13.pdf
...state that "You may not use the software installed on the licensed
device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system" for
both MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA HOME BASIC and MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA
HOME PREMIUM. Wheres the wording for MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA
ULTIMATE indicates that " You may use " ULTIMATE in a virtual
environment.
Wayne
Greetings, all...
Here's a little nugget of news to liven up this gloomy Monday, which will
be of interest to all you fans of Parallels and/or WMware and/or VirtualPC,
i.e. those of you who like to run Windows under "not Windows":
Microsoft seeks premium to allow virtualization of Vista
In its licensing terms for Vista published this month, the Redmond,
Wash.-based software giant said users of Vista Home Premium and Vista
Home Basic "may not use the software installed on the licensed device
within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system."
Instead, Microsoft will require that users purchase a Vista Business
or Vista Ultimate license [ ... ] in order to emulate the Windows
environment.
Entire article, with links to info at MS:
<http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2164>
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Tom Dubinski Phone: +1.204.474-8841 Fax: 474-7609
Computer Science, E2-596 EITC CompSci General Office: E2-445 EITC
University of Manitoba E-Mail: tom_dubinski(a)umanitoba.ca
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~tdubins/
...from:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/updatemanagement/windowsupdate/
ie7announcement.mspx
Automatic Update of Internet Explorer (IE) 7:
Microsoft has announced that IE 7 will become part of the Automatic
Update process on November 1, 2006. Anyone running a local
administrator account on Windows XP SP2 (or Windows XP 64-bit or
Windows Server 2003 SP1) will see a notification that will allow the
user to choose to install IE7, to "Don't Inatall " IE7, or to "Ask me
later". Non-administrator accounts are not presented with this update.
For more information and screenshots of this update, please consult
the page at the above URL.
Wayne
When you try to update a Microsoft Windows-based computer by using
any of the following Microsoft tools, you may receive error code
0x80070002:
• The Windows Update Web site
• The Microsoft Update Web site
• The Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) for Microsoft
Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
• Software Update Services (SUS) 1.0
• Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 2.0
The following page lists possible resolutions for Windows XP, 2000,
and Server 2003:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922582&SD=tech
