Apple has released a Boot Camp update (Boot Camp 3.1) that now adds support for Microsoft Windows 7, while also taking care of minor issues and adding support for Apple peripherals.
This update adds support for Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate), addresses issues with the Apple trackpad, turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used, and supports the Apple wireless keyboard and Apple Magic mouse.
Boot Camp 3.1 comes in 64 and 32-bit flavors and requires a genuine copy of Windows, and an Intel-based Mac. In a support document from Apple regarding Boot Camp and Windows 7, Apple noted a list of Mac models that will NOT support Windows 7 on Boot Camp. Here they are:
iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Early 2006)
iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006)
Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz)
Apple has also released Boot Camp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade. This utility is needed to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 and “safely unmounts the read-only Macintosh volume on Microsoft Vista.”
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