Welcome! Here is a little introduction to this blog...

First I want to say I'm in computer support. I work for a major University and I am a "Support Specialist". I support computers. That means I can do multiple platforms (both hardware and software). I am well versed in Mac, Windows and Linux (and multiple versions of each). Lets get something straight, if all you support are windows boxes you aren't in computer support, you are in windows support. So please don't tell me you are in computer support, such a limited knowledge means nothing. Want to be in computer support? Then get it through your head that there is more to the world than just micro$oft and learn and USE something else on a regular basis as well. Otherwise your opinion that windows rules and everything else sucks, is worthless. Period. Like the republican party, windows doesn't need more pundits out there towing the party line and spewing tired and over-rehearsed talking points. But that is a prelude to another rant...

Don't post comments with flames, anything but Micro$oft sucks (there are more than enough pundits for the shit Redmond puts in a box and calls products), pro Republicant, or anything else I might disagree with, I'll just delete it. If I want your opinion, I'll give it too you!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

What the hell happened to Boot Camp?

So I am now using a 17" MacBook Pro CoreDuo (yes an older one) running Leopard. I admit so for Boot Camp has not been a selling point for me. So far I'd just rather use Parallels or VMWare Fusion (I would recommend both products), but I figured with MacBook Pro I might want to take advantage of Hardware (like the video to play games), so I figured I'd install XP on Boot Camp. I got a black screen with an error about a missing file. I check the forums, and I tried all the suggestions, reformatting the Boot Camp partition, trying different XP discs, I even reformatted the Mac, tried a fresh install of Leopard. Still the same. Apple refused to support it after "the Windows installer started". A few days earlier I was asked about this problem by someone, but since I had never seen it before I didn't have answer. I still don't. I tried the Boot Camp beta under Tiger and it worked great (on a MacBook Core2Duo), but Boot Camp 2.0 under Leopard is, as fas as I'm concerned, is a complete failure. Or maybe it's just Windows.
Addendum: It seems the best fix is takes a lot of time and going back to the Tiger beta to get XP installed then upgrade to Leopard. It was a great beta.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5860087
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