Boot Camp and Windows 7 Beta

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Anyone tried to install Windows 7 Beta in Boot Camp?

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Windows 7 and Parallels 4.0

Good news that Windows 7 can run in Boot Camp. How about as a virtual machine in Parallels?
 
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Works as a VM in both Parallels and Fusion. Not quite sure about Parallels, but you just tell Fusion it's a Vista install, and it installs fine.

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Been trying to download Windows 7 now for the past 4 days, servers are busy, busy, busy. :(

When I finally get it (if I ever get it) I'll give it a shot with my copy of Fusion. Thanks for verifying it'll work.

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Took me awhile too, but finally got it late one evening. Install was pretty quick and easy, actually.

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I've got it install in Fusion, and it works very well. Even faster then a Vista install in Fusion! I haven't played around with it much yet, all though I do wish I was able to use Aero in Fusion.
 
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If u guys have having problems with the download portion try downloading off a torrent and use your own beta key.
 
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Has anyone had problems with the Win7 drive showing up as a time machine drive? Disk Utility thinks it's a raid 1 drive with HFS+ Journaled formatting, but when you get info on the drive it says that it is a NTFS Windows drive, weird. That's the only issue I've had, I must admit, I am quite impressed with Windows 7!

Trying PRAM zap, will let you know if it's good after that.
 

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