Windows 7 RC on Apple Mac Hardware
Posted on June 2nd, 2009
I still love all my MAC hardware but when doing a lot of heavy .NET development on my mac book pro I wish I didn’t always have to virtualize the environment.
Firstly, running Windows 7 RC in Vmware’s Fusion is great. It is fast, stable and generally a total turn around from Vista. I do however want the maximum out of my hardware so decided to try Windows without the virtual machine.
To do this I went away from the suggested Bootcamp installation since I had a bunch of spare, high speed SATA drives I threw on of those in and was off. The boot sequence on these machines is great, I just selected the Win 7 installer DVD and installed to the empty drive.
Once up and running I had to get some new drivers from Apple and install the Windows version of Bootcamp which helps with drivers, mouse support etc. Once I had all the drivers installed and rebooted I ran the test to figure out my machine’s rating. It scored a fantastic 5.7!! and before I had a 1.0 under fusion.
I still think Apple has the best hardware money can buy and would definately recommened buying their hardware and once Windows 7 is released, installing and using that. It is so fast, stable and great looking that it will blow you away.
Tags: mac, windows 7
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