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Posted by flung in Apple and Apple Systems and MacBook Pro and Windows 704 Nov 2008 10:55 am

Windows 7 pre-beta on a MacBook Pro

Curious to see what the pre-beta build of Windows 7 would be like on a Mac system? Well the folks at PC Magazine/Gearlog did exactly this by installing the pre-beta build delivered at last week’s PDC on a new MacBook Pro system using Bootcamp. Unfortunately it appears the Mac drivers for Windows Vista did not help with Windows 7 as various features were not working including wireless networking, and mouseover preview. They’ve posted a video up on YouTube (shown below).

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ViriiGuy 10 months ago 1 point
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I have the Pre Beta running on my new unibody pro and it is working pretty good. Right out of the install everything worked, but it did not have drivers for the camera, video or nvidia chipset. But I was online wirelessly before the installer was finished. The Bootcamp software screwed up my eject function. Now it does not work at all. The latest driver from Nvidia works fine so far.

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krunker 10 months ago 1 point
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nice! I'd love to see what the latest build 7000 would be like for folks. Heck, I might try that myself this weekend on my Mac Mini. Should be an interesting experiment I think.

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Mac 9 months ago 1 point
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There's a step-by-step walkthrough guide with pictures on how to install Windows 7 beta on a Mac at the link below. It even runs on the vanilla version Macbook (not the Pro). It runs just as fast as Windows XP.

http://macbrainiac.blogspot.com/2009/01/picture...

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http://macbrainiac.blogspot.com

WindowsMacLove 9 months ago 1 point
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It's old news, but Windows 7 on my Macbook works great! I followed a simple guide:
http://macbrainiac.blogspot.com/2009/01/picture...

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