Comments on: Windows 7 on a MacBook Pro

By: Ed Oswald

Ed Oswald — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:08:04 +0000

Yaay David! You rock.. let me try this.

By: David A. Sampayo

David A. Sampayo — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:49:41 +0000

Hi Ed,

I actually recognize this problem as I have already installed Windows 7 on two different macs via Boot Camp. I would write out the whole solution, but I have already done so in a post. Check it out here:

http://daveslab.posterous.com/tips-on-installing-windows-7-o

Specifically with installing the boot camp tools, you may need to change a registry entry to spoof the version of windows you have to allow the boot camp tools to install.

By: Ed Oswald

Ed Oswald — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:02:06 +0000

To the folks that got Boot Camp to install in Windows 7. What works, what doesn’t?

By: Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:33:13 +0000

For the audio driver, install this http://majorgeeks.com/Realtek_High_Definition_Audio_for_Vista_d5513.html

By: Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:32:11 +0000

This happened to me with the 10.5.1 disk aswell, the solution I found was to look into the folders on the disk and find a bootcamp setup program within the disk, once set to “Vista compatibility” mode it’ll will run.

By: Aktariel

Aktariel — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:27:46 +0000

Hrm. I installed Windows 7 Beta on a white late-2008 MacBook, and used a Leopard 10.5.4 retail disk – it worked fine. The only thing that didn’t work for me was the audio driver.

Are you using the disk that came with your computer, or a retail copy? If I recall correctly, Apple updated BootCamp to 2.1 along with the .5.4 update, and that might fix your problems…

By: Rod Bauer

Rod Bauer — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:19:35 +0000

Hi Ed,

I didn’t go the BootCamp route but installed Windows 7 64bit under VMware Fusion 2.0.1 on my 2008 MacBook Pro. The basic functions work well, though I haven’t explored everything yet and need to check out networking. The only problems I’ve seen are IE 8 doesn’t render some CSS correctly and Chrome won’t work at all. Firefox seems fine.

I’ll spend some more time with it. On first glance, Win 7 works surprisingly well.

I’ve also installed Win 7 dual booted on my regular Windows workstation and that went very smoothly. It recognized all my hardware, including two big flat screens I use.

Rod