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harrisjamieh · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by JLL

The graphics in the boot screen is in the firmware - it has nothing to do with the icons in Mac OS X.

It obviously does, because I changed the desktop icon for my Macintosh partition to a Tiger install disc, and that icon shows up in the bootloader.

harrisjamieh · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:59 AM

Just some XP benchmarks for ya'll using Cinebench 9:

CINEBENCH 9.5
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Tester :

Processor : iMac Core Duo
MHz : 1.83 ghz
Number of CPUs : 2
Operating System : Windows XP SP2

Graphics Card :
Resolution : <fill this out>
Color Depth : <fill this out>

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Rendering (Single CPU): 269 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 492 CB-CPU

Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.83

Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 320 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1296 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 2595 CB-GFX

OpenGL Speedup: 8.10

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mintcake · 09:13 AM

Just to share my experiences. I had a few problems along the way - first Boot Camp assistant wouldn't partition my drive as it had errors - worked fine once I repaired it by booting to my OS X DVD and running disk utility. Then I had to hard reboot the mbp twice during the XP install, once when it failed to load keyboard drivers, then when it failed to load the screen drivers, but in the end we got there.

(Apologies for the sound hiccup in that clip by the way.)

Now I just have to test it out using something a bit more demanding. Will pop down to the newsagents and see if I can pick up PC Gamer or something with demos on the CD. First time in years!

edit - question, the XP partition shows up as a read-only second drive on the OSX desktop. Does anyone know how to rename it? (I assume this can only be done in XP which I don't know my way around.) Hiding it would be another option.

OreoCookie · Apr 7, 2006 , 08:42 AM

I've changed the thread title slightly and made this thread a sticky. Please use this thread for general discussion. If you have specific problems with Boot Camp, you may still post new threads. Otherwise, post your comments and observations here.

JLL · Apr 7, 2006 , 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by harrisjamieh

It obviously does, because I changed the desktop icon for my Macintosh partition to a Tiger install disc, and that icon shows up in the bootloader.

Sorry, I read it too fast.

macintologist · Apr 7, 2006 , 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Maflynn

My apple bt keyboard works fine. During the install I used a usb keyboard and mouse but after the drivers were installed I paired my bt keyboard and I'm off like a heard of turtles. Of course it only works for one environment. XP or OSX.

So that means I'd have to re-pair the bluetooth keyboard and mouse every time I dual boot? Also if that means having to borrow a USB keyboard from your roommate every time you wanna do this then its probably best to put a bluetooth shortcut on the WinXP desktop or something right?

I'm sure someone will develop software that synchronizing the bluetooth passkey between the OSX and WinXP installs.

jamil5454 · Apr 7, 2006 , 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by harrisjamieh

Just some XP benchmarks for ya'll using Cinebench 9:

CINEBENCH 9.5
************************************************** **

Tester :

Processor : iMac Core Duo
MHz : 1.83 ghz
Number of CPUs : 2
Operating System : Windows XP SP2

Graphics Card :
Resolution : <fill this out>
Color Depth : <fill this out>

************************************************** **

Rendering (Single CPU): 269 CB-CPU
Rendering (Multiple CPU): 492 CB-CPU

Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.83

Shading (CINEMA 4D) : 320 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Software Lighting) : 1296 CB-GFX
Shading (OpenGL Hardware Lighting) : 2595 CB-GFX

OpenGL Speedup: 8.10

************************************************** **

Originally Posted by harrisjamieh

Just tried this on my 17" Core Duo with 1.83 Ghz.

CPU benchmark

1 CPU: 283
2 CPU: 520

Multiprocessor Speedup: 1.84 x

Graphics Benchmark

C4D shading: 327
OpenGL SW-L: 893
OpenGL HW-L: 1566

OpenGL speedup: 4.79 x

Interesting.

Peabo · Apr 7, 2006 , 02:56 PM

Can someone tell me if it's possible to run PC apps from the OS X partition? I want to keep the PC partition as small as possible & just keep the OS on there.

saddino · Apr 7, 2006 , 03:02 PM

Looking good on a MacBook Pro (20GB partition). XP just went through its 38 or so security updates

Can't find the answer to this question: is there any way to right-click other than using an external mouse? It would have been nice if Apple had written a specific driver to deal with the single button trackpad.

icruise · Apr 7, 2006 , 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by z0ne81

Can someone tell me if it's possible to run PC apps from the OS X partition? I want to keep the PC partition as small as possible & just keep the OS on there.

I don't think this is possible. First of all, without installing something like MacDrive, Windows can't even read the OS X partition at all. And even with it installed, I kind of doubt that Windows is going to allow you to install things on a Mac-formatted disk, although I haven't tried it.

Star-Fire · Apr 7, 2006 , 04:00 PM

I am guessing with macdrive, it should work, it is pretty much seamless with macdrive, good thing to try when I get home.

thanatos · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by z0ne81

Posted this before but here it is again:

I tried this on my macbook pro 2.16 after updating the firmware as instructed. Initially it said that I couldn't install because the target volume couldn't be verified. I restarted in SU mode, did fsck and the disk was repaired. I tried again and it worked fine. I selected that I wanted to go back to the Mac OS and install Windows later. It kernal paniced when I clicked 'restart' and failed to get past the grey apple & spinner after a force restart.

I tired to repair the disk with fsck and with the installer CD, but it gave me the error: 'invalid extent entry'. I also saw 'xxxxx is not linked to a kernal' errors popping up all over the place in SU mode. I could browse the Mac OS partition in SU mode but I couldn't mount it using disk utility or boot from it.

I tried reformatting the new windows partition so that I could install OS X on it and boot to the Mac OS to recover my lost data but it failed during installation

In the end I had to reformat completely. The OS X partition was destroyed

The same just hapened to me!

I can still access my files in target mode from my stationary G5 so maybe I can salvage them and do a clean install on Monday at work (no install disks at home).

When I was dragging the slider to choose partition size, the GB numbers didn't change. I should have understand that something was wrong!

Be careful people. When Apple says backup your data they are not kidding!

Stecchino · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:25 PM

No kidding. Thanks, guys, for posting your experiences and giving us who haven't installed Boot Camp yet a head's up.

icruise · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by thanatos

Be careful people. When Apple says backup your data they are not kidding!

Good advice. I was actually more worried about installing 10.4.6 and the firmware update than Boot Camp and XP, since it seems to be using some different voodoo from previous updates. I used Carbon Copy Cloner to make a full bootable backup of my hard disk before starting. I didn't encounter any problems though.

Peabo · Apr 7, 2006 , 05:46 PM

I got a PM for another user who had the same problem as me and thanatos.
Just be careful everyone!

I was fiddling around in the Mac OS while the partitioning was taking place so maybe that caused the mixup. I will try again this evening and have backed up everything again in preparation.

Wish me luck!

thanatos · Apr 7, 2006 , 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by z0ne81

I got a PM for another user who had the same problem as me and thanatos.
Just be careful everyone!

I was fiddling around in the Mac OS while the partitioning was taking place so maybe that caused the mixup. I will try again this evening and have backed up everything again in preparation.

Wish me luck!

I forgot I had a torrent downloading while partitioning.
Maybe that caused the problem for me.

Good luck with your second try...

icruise · 06:30 PM

Well, it took quite a bit of fiddling, but I finally got my multi-display setup to work on the iMac. As I said above, the secondary display (whether it was set to be my Cinema Display or the iMac's internal display) would always be rotated 90 degrees. I can't say for sure how I fixed the problem, but by repeatedly switching the primary and secondly displays and changing the resolutions I eventually hit on a combination that worked. I can't be sure if this is a windows issue or something related to using it on the Mac (knowing what I do about Windows, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just Windows' general crappyness that caused the problem).

tpxstyle · Apr 7, 2006 , 11:53 PM

I installed xp home sp2 to my MBP 2.0GHZ and up to this point everything has been working smoothly.

however, for some reason, the backlight of the lcd won't turn off?? i have it set to turn off after 15 min but for some reason it doesnt. can anyone please help??

tpxstyle · Apr 7, 2006 , 11:58 PM

I installed xp home sp2 to my MBP 2.0GHZ and up to this point everything has been working smoothly.

however, for some reason, the backlight of the lcd won't turn off?? i have it set to turn off after 15 min but for some reason it doesnt. can anyone please help??

24klogos · Apr 8, 2006 , 10:24 AM

Originally Posted by tomrock

My wife put this on her Macbook Pro and it works great. I'm calling it her Wacintosh. I haven't decided if that means Windows Macintosh or Wacky Macintosh :-)

what?

cgc · Apr 9, 2006 , 06:22 PM

Reading this thread makes me think Microsoft wrote BootCamp...look at all the business they're getting. All the Apple fans are raving about how good Windows XP is running and how it opened up a "whole new world of possibilities." Makes me wonder...

I too will be installing Windows when I buy a Apple's Intel-based tower. I need it to use some work-related software but I hope to stay on the Mac side 99% of the time.