Bootcamp and Windows 7 64-bit

SL mainly runs in 64 bit mode.
A few chunks still run in 32 bit.
Applications->Utilities->Activity monitor will tell you which process's run 32 vs 64

2) Sort of, it has vista drivers, which are for the most part work with windows 7
Official windows 7 support is coming soon. Also be sure to download bootcamp update 2.2 it has more current drivers.

3) I'm not sure on this one, I would suspect you can't access a mac formatted drive from windows.

re: 3, MacDrive allows you to read and write files to your Mac hard drive / partition.

It works pretty well, but it costs money. there might be some free solutions out there by now.

Well,

Until very recently Apple used to say they were going to support Windows 7 before the end of 2009. Now the announcement ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920) states:

"we plan to release as soon as it's ready".

Notice that specific target date is no longer mentioned. To those familiar with practice of such announcement it is actually a very bad sign. "as soon as it's ready" may very well mean never.

Hey, they knew they were not going to fulfill this promise on time but they clerly waited with changing the message until holiday shopping season is over.

I am sure many customers made purchasing decision based on MacBook reputation and the promise they will be able to run Windows 7. But it seems that Apple is reconsidering. They know they have a lot to gain in hardware sales but also they have something to lose.

Please prove me wrong.

Tomasz

Message was edited by: tdjastrzebski

1. You can also run kernel in 64-bit mode by following these instructions:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3773