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New BootCamp on Leopard?
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Hello,
Was anything announced this week to the effect that bootcamp was being modified on Leopard to allow one to instantly switch from OSX to Windows (without going through the dualboot process)? I was speaking to a person I had just met in a coffee shop about Parallels yesterday, and he told me that it had been announced at the Developers Conference that this was in fact the case; but, I have not been able to find a confirmation of it anywhere. Can someone debunk this or provide a link to an article which confirms it?
Thanks!
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That was never mentioned. In fact, no details were given about Bootcamp, other than it will be included in Leopard and includes many "improvements"...but nothing specific was mentioned.
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Originally Posted by rickey939
That was never mentioned. In fact, no details were given about Bootcamp, other than it will be included in Leopard and includes many "improvements"...but nothing specific was mentioned.
Never mentioned in the keynote, no, but that doesn't mean it wasn't mentioned in the Conference.
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Your friend is probably thinking of VMWare, which is a 3rd party solution.
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Originally Posted by Stradlater
Never mentioned in the keynote, no, but that doesn't mean it wasn't mentioned in the Conference.
True, but it's not going to happen anyway.
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What's not going to happen?
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
What's not going to happen?
Bootcamp not requiring a restart.
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Originally Posted by rickey939
Bootcamp not requiring a restart.
I would agree with you, as the 'boot' implies starting up. If Apple were to implement virtualization, I think they would name it something else. Then again I could be completely wrong.
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Originally Posted by Gossamer
I would agree with you, as the 'boot' implies starting up. If Apple were to implement virtualization, I think they would name it something else. Then again I could be completely wrong.
Apple states on the Boot Camp page that the name isn't necessarily the finally name for the technology when it appears in Leopard.
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Originally Posted by Art Vandelay
Apple states on the Boot Camp page that the name isn't necessarily the finally name for the technology when it appears in Leopard.
Interesting point, but Apple may simply be covering themselves legally in case someone had a program called boot camp. Remember Rendezvous?
Who knows.
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I'm expecting two things to (eventually) come out: a release version of Boot Camp that allows XP (and other OSs) to run native on Intel Macs-and have this as an integral part of Leopard (maybe OS X 10.5.1...) and a second, software-based utility to let you switch back and forth between OS X and some other, Intel-friendly OS. This second thing may "soft boot" by saving the current machine state (similar to Windows "hibernation") and then either booting or restoring a different saved machine state for a different OS/OS version. That may come much later, as it's technically more difficult.
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It doesn't matter anymore, the release version of parallels wasn't snappy on startup and had delays, they just put out a new beta for all paying customers, and it's like 400% faster. Instantly on, no delay, and much snappier.. I love it! It's perfect!
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Thank you all for the replies. After reading these posts, I feel that the person who told me this was somehow lead on by the statement about Bootcamp being included in Leopard "with many improvements." I also, had heard that Parallels was running very well, and that is what got the conversation going. He had not heard of Parallels, so I assume now that he was not really that well informed. I would think that even if Apple wanted to do this (which is questionable), it is a bit early both from a technological and a marketing point of view. In other words, it's probably a bit difficult to do, and from the marketing perspective, "don't rock the boat too much, too fast." It might have been great for the stock though. 
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