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Boot Camp Beta Expires December 31st

Wednesday November 28, 2007 12:48 pm PST by Arnold Kim

Apple emailed those who downloaded the Boot Camp beta and let them know that with the introduction of Leopard, Boot Camp Beta is over. The Boot Camp Beta software will expire on December 31, and Apple won't offer further updates of Boot Camp Beta for Mac OS X Tiger.

Boot Camp allows Intel-Mac owners to dual-boot into Windows. It is now a standard feature of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
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kornyboy
55 months ago
That kind of stinks for people not wanting to upgrade just yet.

That is if they mean it won't work when they say "expire."
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PlaceofDis
55 months ago



That kind of stinks for people not wanting to upgrade just yet.


its not like this is breaking news. its always been said that it would expire once leopard was released.
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ross.32
55 months ago
Just because they do not offer updates, could we still use it as it? Or does it just stop working?
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kornyboy
55 months ago



That kind of stinks for people not wanting to upgrade just yet.


its not like this is breaking news. its always been said that it would expire once leopard was released.


True, but does expiring mean that it won't work at all or that they are discontinuing updates? I'm just curious.
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ITASOR
55 months ago
Bootcamp is just the utility. If you already used it to partition and install Windows, nothing is going to change with that (pretty sure). It's possible the bootcamp app may no longer work, but I'm sure someone will figure something out. ;)
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macaddiict
55 months ago
I agree - I wasn't clear from the email whether the beta software will keep working or if it has some sort of time bomb built in... hopefully it will just keep chugging along without updates. Anything else would be horrible on Apple's part.
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Eidorian
55 months ago
*yawn*

Burn your drive disc or save the image. It'll be a pain to partition but you didn't really have to use Boot Camp to begin with.
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SeanMcg
55 months ago

Bootcamp is just the utility. If you already used it to partition and install Windows, nothing is going to change with that (pretty sure). It's possible the bootcamp app may no longer work, but I'm sure someone will figure something out. ;)


However, if you need to remove the Windows partition, or if you replace the hard drive and need to re-configure, you will need to change your system time in order to run to the BootCamp Assistant Beta. This comes straight from Apple

Apple just won't update the drivers or functionality of the beta.
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dukebound85
55 months ago

Just because they do not offer updates, could we still use it as it? Or does it just stop working?


it works but you will be unable to delete the partition with bootcamp assistant

UNLESS you go back and change your system clock to a date before it expired
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Schtumple
55 months ago
Wasn't this said months ago and no-one really complained?

Why kick up a small stink about it now?
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