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Apple has been testing the newest version of its Boot Camp dual operating system software, scheduled to be released with the next generation OS X, Leopard, later this year. Apple has even gone so far as to post on its web site that it hasn’t been able to solve the issue for users of Boot Camp 1.2 trying to boot the version of Windows Vista that released in January. Luckily for the Mac user, Apple is exceptionally good at problem solving and customer service, so we can rest assured they will have the issue fixed by the time Leopard releases in keeping with their usual high standards, but for now it’s a problem.

Apple has offered a workaround for the problem to help people use their software fully while it continues to address the issue. To use the workaround:

To get around the problem, Mac Pro users wishing to use Windows Vista on their Mac OS X-based machines first need to employ the Boot Camp Assistant software to create a dedicated Windows partition on the secondary drive and then start the Windows Vista installation process as usual.

There are other workaround for issues surrounding Vista and BootCamp. These issues include a computer freeze during Vista installation, among other things. Apple addressed the problem and listed all the possible issues and workarounds here. Other Apple products being hobbled by Vista include iTunes, Apple’s popular music download software. You can find workarounds for iTunes here.

Author: Leslie Poston, © 2007, All Rights Reserved

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