Magic Trackpad and Windows Support for non-Mac hardware?

same here. I have a MBP13 (early 2010) with bootcamp and win7 x64 and it works perfectly.

i plan to try the following tonight to see if i can get it work or not.

1. uninstall my current bluetooth device driver (it uses the same exact chipset/broadcom stack that my MBP13 uses)

2. install boot camp on my desktop (again, not a mac based windows install so you have to run the bootcampx64.msi in the BootCamp\Apple folder on the first OSX intall disc)

3. run Apple Software Update and then update bootcamp to 3.1

4. install the bootcamp update for windows for the magic trackpad (using 64bit drivers since i run 64bit win7).

5. plug in my bluetooth device; hopefully i will be able to use the Apple Boot Camp based drivers for it

6. reboot and hope it may show up 🙂

i have been able to get the gestures / trackpad options to show up in the Boot Camp Control Panel but when i get that to work; the trackpad itself no longer functions (i basically go into Device Manager and then update the HID Bluetooth Mouse driver for it to the Magic Trackpad Enabler. Again, i then do lose use basic use of the trackpad.

i'll be posting results of my testing here tonight for others. i really hope apple releases standalone drivers or someone can hack the drivers to work or else i will be returning my magic trackpad for a bamboo tablet or similar device.

not a problem.

one thing though, the boot camp installers WILL try to install all of the mac hardware drivers for windows. i may try to even edit the .msi file thats used to in turn remove references to the drivers except for bluetooth and the trackpad. i totally broke my realtek audio on my win7 x64 desktop last night trying to get the Trackpad working.

Ok, here's my latest update, sadly full of all fail.. or mostly of fail.

i own a Macbook Pro 13, early 2010 model and in turn have legit Boot Camp drivers on the OS X Snow Leopard restore discs. I copied the whole Boot Camp folder to my pc (window 7 ultimate 64bt edition, non mac hardware). Previously i was able to get boot camp installed and updated to the latest 3.1.35 but was never able to get full multitouch gestures to work, just the basic maouse functions mentioned previously. At the same time, the boot camp drivers messed up my desktops audio (it also has a realtek based codec and my bluetooth, similar broadcom chipset).

I have restored to a previous point and am back to normal working.

This evening I thought I'd attempt to break out my app dev/deployment kung fu and use some msi modifying/repackaging tools to get it working.

I've been able to craft my own msi 64bit installer that incorporates boot camp v3.0 + msp update to 3.1 + update to 3.1.35 w/magic trackpad drivers. i basically stripped all packages of references to all drivers except the multitouch touchpad, trackpad.

thus far, i get Boot Camp installed and on v3.1.35 but do not get any magic trackpad or touchpad options in the boot camp control panel, only brightness and power. however, i am able to get the trackpad options to show but in turn it breaks my trackpads basic functions.

here's what happens. i pair my magic touchpad to my desktop pc's bluetooth. it shows up as a basic bluetooth HID mouse device. i pair it and it lets me move and click to left-click with it; no gestures at all or even right click. after it was paired, i went to my device manager and manually updated the hid bluetooth mouse driver to the Apple > Multitouchpad Enabler. Once i do this, i can see the extended gestures features in the Boot Camp control panel but also lose all functionality of the trackpad (ie no movement or clicking).

i'm using this info to plant the seed to the community and see if we can figure out a way to get it working on a non mac based system. this baby could be amazing for HTPC use or even just desktop/work use.

peace