[maxmsp] [OT] Bootcamp on OS 10.4

Bootcamp itself does not break with OS X versions...i.e. if you had a  
windows install previously, your OS X install will not affect that  
partition. However, the bootcamp utility does time out sometime around  
the clock of 10.4.11. It was technical a "beta", meaning that it would  
expire, and the full version is only available in leopard. It's just  
the assistant that breaks, not the bootloader or any such thing.

If you still want to load a bootcamp partition on a expired  
installation, you can just roll back the clock a year or two, and  
reboot. Then run the assistant and make windows plague your pristine  
macintosh. Then you can bring the clock back.

bt


On Mar 25, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Roger Carruthers wrote:
> Apologies for the OT ness, but there is a connection - I want to run
> Bootcamp in order to port some Max projects.
> Atm, I'm running OS 10.4.11; as I understand it, this 'upgrade' broke
> Bootcamp on some, if not all systems. Whether or not this was a  
> cynical
> trick by Apple to make us buy Leopard, I don't know*, but I do still  
> have a
> copy of the Bootcamp beta for OS 10.4 versions prior to .11, so my  
> question
> is:
> is it possible to 'downgrade' to OS 10.4.10, and if so, will the old
> Bootcamp still run, or did it actually have an expiry date ? Are  
> there any
> other caveats to attempting this, such as QuickTime compatibility or
> suchlike ?
> I actually have a Leopard installer disc on my desk, but am  
> reluctant to
> use it whilst there is no supported version of pro Tools available  
> (and even
> when it does appear, I'll probably have to wait another six months  
> whilst
> Digidesign debug it )
> Cheers
> Roger
>
> *The only reason I have to doubt this is that I can't imagine the  
> Apple
> marketing team supporting a campaign that ran along the lines of 'Buy
> Leopard - it will enable you to run Windows!" ;-)
>
>
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