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Apple
Boot Camp Intel Mac
Apple's Boot
Camp software, included with Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, v10.6
Snow Leopard and Mac OS X v10.7 Lion, lets you install and run
Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications on your
Intel-based Mac.
Boot Camp is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s
Mac OS X that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows
operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers. The
utility's Boot Camp Assistant guides users through
non-destructive disk partitioning (including resizing of an
existing HFS+ partition, if necessary) of their hard disk
drive and installation of Windows device drivers. The utility
also installs a Windows Control Panel applet for selecting the
boot operating system.
Initially introduced as an unsupported beta for Mac OS X
Tiger, the utility was first included with Mac OS X Leopard
and has been included in subsequent versions of the operating
system ever since. Previous versions of Boot Camp supported
new installations of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
However, with the release of Boot Camp 4.0 for Mac OS X Lion,
only installations of Windows 7 are officially supported.
Users have also installed Linux using the utility, although
Apple has not listed support for Linux operating systems.
System
requirements for Windows 7
To use Boot
Camp with Windows 7, you will need the following.
For Mac OS X
v10.7 Lion systems:
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An
Intel-based Mac that supports Mac OS X v10.7 Lion.
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A blank CD
or USB storage device to create Windows 7 Boot Camp
Support Software (drivers) installer media. You can
also create media that contains an ISO image of Windows
7 and the drivers.
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At least 16
GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re
installing for 32-bit, or 20 GB for 64-bit (for
Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications).
If you are
installing using Windows 7 DVDs, you will need one of the
following Microsoft Windows discs:
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An
authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium,
Professional, or Ultimate disc.
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With some
Macs you can use an authentic, 64-bit Microsoft Windows
7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate disc.
See
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
for step-by-step instructions.
For Mac OS X
v10.6 Snow Leopard systems:
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An
Intel-based Mac.
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A Mac OS X
v 10.6 Snow Leopard installation disc. This can be
either a purchased copy of a Mac OS X v10.6 disc, or a
Mac OS X Install Disc 1 from a Mac that had Mac OS X
v10.6 preinstalled.
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Boot
Camp Update 3.1 (download this from
Apple Downloads).
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A USB
keyboard and mouse, or a built-in keyboard and trackpad.
Important: You should use the keyboard
and mouse that shipped with your Mac, or a built-in
trackpad.
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At least 16
GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re
installing for 32-bit, or 20 GB for 64-bit (for
Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications).
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Boot Camp
Assistant, which is installed in
/Applications/Utilities/.
You will also
need one of the following Microsoft Windows discs:
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An
authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium,
Professional, or Ultimate disc.
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With some
Macs you can use an authentic, 64-bit Microsoft Windows
7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate disc.
See
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
for step by step instructions.
See
Boot Camp: Windows 7 installation
frequently asked questions
for additional information on using Boot Camp with Windows
7.
System
requirements for Windows XP and
Windows Vista
To use Boot
Camp with Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X v10.5.x through
10.6.x, you will need the following:
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An
Intel-based Mac that does not
require Windows 7.
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A Mac OS X
v10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
installation disc. This can be either a purchased copy
of a Mac OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X v10.6 disc, or a Mac OS
X Install Disc 1 from a Mac that had Mac OS X v10.5 or
Mac OS X v10.6 preinstalled.
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A USB
keyboard and mouse, or a built-in keyboard and trackpad.
Important: You should use the keyboard
and mouse that shipped with your Mac, or a built-in
trackpad.
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At least 10
GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re
installing (for Windows and Windows-based applications).
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Boot Camp
Assistant, which is installed in
/Applications/Utilities/.
You will also
need one of the following Microsoft Windows discs:
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An
authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition or
Professional with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 disc.
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An
authentic, 32-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic,
Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate disc.
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With
some Mac Pro or MacBook Pro
computers, an
authentic, 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic,
Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate disc.
See
Boot Camp 2.0: Which versions of
Microsoft Windows are supported?
for more information.
Important: For a Windows XP installation, your
Microsoft Windows XP installation disc must include
Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Service Pack 3 (SP3). Boot Camp
2.1 must be installed prior to upgrading Windows XP to
Service Pack 3 (SP3) or Windows Vista to Service Pack 1
(SP1). Download Boot Camp 2.1 from
Apple Downloads.
When using Windows Vista, some Boot Camp drivers require
Windows Vista to be updated to Service Pack 1 (SP1) or
later.
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