I always tought that Apple cherished their customers and not just their wallets.Īnyway - TopTip : get Parallels and convert BootCamp into a normal partition and live with best of both worlds and Parallels even offers cheaper software upgrades

Then again - how many computer companies do you know who have a 25% net margin, ship loads of updates at full price (unlike Windows) and basically lock you in. Not only does the support end - no it expires. I bought Parallels fortunately enough so AFAIAC I dont care - but this is quite heavy on the guy who used the beta. Cough up or be faced with no more Windows. IOW 'thanks for your legwork and input now go and buy Leopard - else no Quicken, Office etc anymore'. The Boot Camp Beta software will officially expire on December 31, and at that time the company will stop offering further updates of the beta for Tiger.Īpple thanked users for participating in the program and recommended that they upgrade to Leopard if they wish to continue using Boot Camp.Īpple thanked users for participating in the program and said they could continue using Boot Camp if they upgrade to Leopard.

'With the introduction of Leopard, the Boot Camp Beta program has ended.' 'We hope you've enjoyed the opportunity to preview an exciting new feature of Mac OS X Leopard,' Apple said in e-mail to current Boot Camp beta testers on Wednesday. It stated, however, that Boot Camp was a Leopard-bound feature and that versions for Tiger would eventually expire. In the 18 months that followed, the Mac maker utilized its Tiger user base to help test and debug the software, adding support for several services and features in addition to the new Windows Vista.

The software, which allows owners of Intel based Macs to also install and run versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system, made its debut in April of 2006 as beta software for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users. Apple said Wednesday that come the new year it will no longer allow customers to make changes to their Boot Camp dual boot partition unless they upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

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