[X4U] Is there a Mac Pro list? (question about Windows under Boot Camp)

[Jim Robertson]

On 11/24/07 2:45 PM, "Stroller" <macmonster at myrealbox.com> wrote:

> Just to set the record straight, it would be far more accurate to say:
> 
> All other Intel-based computers - whether they run Windows, Linux, BSD, or
> most any other operating system - use a standard called "BIOS" for making
> the OS aware of the hard drive. This standard has been established for a
> couple of decades, so it's not surprising that it may cause problems with
> the dominant operating system when Apple - producing less than 0.0001% of
> Intel-based computers - comes along and does things differently.
> 
> I'm sorry I'm unable to help with your issue.

(this in the context of castigating the author of the Macintouch review of
the Mac Pro for "Windows Bashing."

I didn't see such assaults on Windows in the Mac Pro review. I saw an
explanation of why the Mac Pro (at least last year with an early beta of
Boot Camp) functioned as a muscle-bound and ineffective Windows PC. My query
was whether that was still the case; i.e., whether Apple had been able to
make the Wintel hardware emulation; i.e., BIOS, work more effectively. It's
not clear to me yet whether that's the case. I've found some posts by people
who have put custom drivers into their Windows boot routines on the Mac Pro.
Such efforts are beyond my capability; I was merely asking whether there was
still a need to attempt such hacks in order for the Mac Pro to be a good
Windows citizen.

Jim Robertson
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