<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Actually, you can install Windows 7 on your Mac *without* Boot Camp fine.<div><br></div><div>Callahan did this back in June (using the beta of Win7, but it works with the final version)</div><div><br></div><div>I'm assuming the Boot Camp update that Apple is promising will be mostly Windows driver updates (getting the trackpad, keyboard, etc to work smoothly)</div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in how to install Win7 directly on the EFI Mac without Bootcamp, Callahan wrote up a blog post about it:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://servergrrl.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6A418D5155651D56!197.entry">http://servergrrl.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!6A418D5155651D56!197.entry</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Oct 22, 2009, at 1:21 PM, Patrick Cranston wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; ">Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp. <br><br><b>Requirements</b> <br><br>In addition to the Boot Camp update, you will need the following: <br><br>• Your own authentic copy of Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade <br>• An Intel-based Mac computer <br>• The following models will not be supported for use with Windows 7 using Boot Camp: <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FHT1463&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FHT1463&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FHT1463&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">iMac (20-inch, Early 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FHT1463&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FSP36&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FSP24&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FSP24&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FSP33&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)</a> <br> • <a href="http://tr.subscribermail.com/cc.cfm?sendto=http%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Eapple%2Ecom%2Fkb%2FSP30&tempid=128566fb9b2c4854bf0de5ce4695fe78&mailid=1aa72de92d3f463abb31f53c33025f7a" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 116, 180); font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; ">Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz)</a></span><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial">Currently, Macs will not run Windows 7 in Boot Camp. Some older Intel Macs will not support Windows 7.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="arial"><br></font><div>
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