Windows8 BAD_POOL_HEADER BSOD caused by MacHALDriver.sys

@Kappy: Frankly, this is unacceptable. Windows 8 has been available in the marketplace for several months now and has been available in various phases of development for almost 18 months. In fact, I've only ever seen this issue in Windows8 RTM - all prior beta and RC releases worked fine.

Apple either needs to stop supporting Windows or it needs to step-up to the plate and offer more professional and timely support for Windows - a "feature" they advertise at every opportunity. Until they do, I'll continue to recommend to clients that they do NOT buy Apple hardware.

With all due respect:

Apple openly advertises that Mac's run Windows natively using Boot Camp.

I certainly don't think it's rude to ask, as a paying customer, for Apple to fix a long-known issue in their Windows support drivers that corrupt kernel memory and/or data structures, causing Windows on Mac to regularly crash.

You're right that Apple is under no obligation to offer Windows support. But they chose to do so and therefore have a duty to support it in a timely manner. If they don't offer timely support, they're misleading customers.

Microsoft has nothing to do with OSX' ability to run on PC's. Apple's EULA for OSX forbids third-party installations of Mac OS X so even if I wanted to run OSX on something other than a Mac, I can't.

Great idea. Just submitted a bug report via the feedback page.

If recommending that people don't use Microsoft software works for you and them, then that's your perogative.

For many of us, however, completely abandoning the Microsoft ecosystem is not an option as we have to run many applications, tools, etc. for which there is no (or no decent/compatible) OSX alternative. As such, Apple's claim for Mac's to run Windows is an attractive one ... until you run into issues like this.

"I assume you can attribute this statement." - Sure:

The first documented instance of this issue appeared on Microsoft's forums on Oct 24th 2012:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_cp-hardware/badpoolhead er-0x19-causing-bsod-on-windows-8/d6bafd0e-e759-4130-99fc-2f56a77d2d4ahttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/w8itproinstall/thread/d47700a6- cd56-41e6-864f-c2288589b5ab

It then appeared on Apple's own forums on Oct 24th 2012:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4466080?start=0&tstart=0

It also appeared on Microsoft's forums on Oct 26th 2012:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/w8itproinstall/thread/d47700a6- cd56-41e6-864f-c2288589b5abhttp://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-SG/w8itproinstall/thread/d47700a6- cd56-41e6-864f-c2288589b5ab

I'll let you Google/Bing the other places this appeared.

FWIW, like most major software companies, Apple has direct access to crash dumps casused byt its software via Microsoft's Watson crash dump collection & analysis system. They are entirely aware of this issue but are remaining silent on the matter.

Anyone who ships signed software/drivers for Windows can access a dabase of the crash dumps caused by their software FOR FREE: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg487440

As such, Apple can (and most likely does) triage the incoming crashes reported by WER (Windows Error Reporting).

Until the quality of Apple's support for Windows improves, I too will be unable to recommend customers/clients use Mac's for running Windows.

I have to use a Mac because I have to build apps and systems for both Windows and OSX/iOS.

I don't understand why you're asking me to justify why I am asking Apple to fix a bug in their drivers⚠