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Mac OS X Leopard: Boot Camp

An Apple A Day Gallery – 2007.11.05
Mac OS X Leopard: Boot Camp

Boot Camp Assistant icon
Boot Camp enables installation of Windows Operating System on any Intel-based Mac computer, using a Microsoft Windows install disc. Windows is installed on its own partition. After installation, the Mac can run either Windows or Mac OS X.

The Boot Camp Assistant application helps create the Windows partition and restart the Mac using Windows installation disc. Follow the instructions to install Windows and install software drivers that enable Windows to work with the Mac hardware.

Boot Camp Assistant

Apple provides driver supports the followings:

  • Windows XP Home Edition or Professional
  • Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate

Windows drivers for Intel-based Mac computer are included in Mac OS X Leopard Install disc.

To install any other Operating Systems such as Linux, create the “Windows Partition” then boot the Mac using the Linux install disc.

Additional informations on Boot Camp (http://37prime.com/bootcamp.html)

Boot Camp is not the only way to run other Operating Systems on a Mac. Parallels and VMware Fusion provide the ways to install different Operating Systems within Mac OS X. It is recommended to have a minimum of 2GB of RAM on a Mac to run the virtual machine.

Get Parallels @ Amazon.com
Get VMware Fusion @ Amazon.com

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Adobe Updates Flash Player 9

Adobe releases Flash Player 9 update for Linux, Mac and Windows.
The build numbers for current official release are 9.0.47.0 (Mac and Windows) and 9.0.48.0 (Linux).

Adobe Flash iCon
In addition to that, the pre-release version of Flash Player 9 is also available at Adobe Labs (http://labs.adobe.com/)

Adobe Labs features prerelease versions of the Flash Player 9 Update software. The release candidate prerelease is an opportunity for developers and consumers to test and provide early feedback to Adobe on new features, enhancements, and compatibility with previously authored content.

This update, codenamed “Moviestar,” includes new features, enhancements and bug fixes for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux versions of Flash Player 9, including:

Support for H.264 video and HE-AAC audio codecs.
Multi-core support for vector rendering.
Full screen mode with hardware scaling.
Flash Player cache for common platform components, such as the Flex framework.
Support for Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) in the Windows plug-in.

The build numbers for the pre-release version are 9.0.98.0 (Mac), and 9.0.64.0 (Linux and Windows)

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Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5

Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 was released on September 03, 2007.

On of the earliest and free Anti-Spyware program. I have been using Spybot since late 2002, and couldn’t be anymore thankful to the developers. They have been the saving grace for many times. Countless numbers of Windows running computers were saved using Spybot. Granted that I use more than one program to fight spyware, but Spybot is in the permanent roster.

Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.5 is compatible with Windows Vista.

Get Spybot – Search & Destroy from Safer-Networking.org and don’t forget to donate to the developer who provides this wonderful software for free.

http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://spybot.info/

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/donate/index.html

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Installing Windows XP on HP Pavilion Slimline s7700n PC

HP Pavilion S7700N

I have been getting a lot of emails lately regarding Windows XP installation on HP Pavilion Slimline s7700n PC. I have been busy with different projects, and I no longer have easy access to the computer. Nevertheless, I’d like to help anyone interested in installing Windows XP on this computer.

I am going to list what Windows XP drivers that might work on this computer, please try them with caution. If it is successful, please leave me a note here.

Hope this helps, and please leave me a message, if any of the drivers work with Windows XP.