I just got Windows 7 installed and running smoothly on my MacBook Pro. I just need to install the additional Boot Camp drivers off my Leopard disc to get full use of my Apple hardware (will post update later). The surprising part is that most of my hardware including the WiFi and graphics drivers were installed automatically and ran properly. I also left my XP install/partition intact by using iPartition (well worth the price) to create a new partition. The only issue I had was caused by my not checking the “Visible in Windows” option on the partition. I also had to manually boot back into the Windows 7 partition to finish the install but it wasn’t an issue. I’ve also found that VMware Fusion 2 was unable to boot into Windows 7 but still able to boot into XP without any issues. I’ll be working on the issue to see if this can be fixed. I also plan to migrate my XP settings to 7 so I don’t lose any game progress.
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I just got Windows 7 installed and running smoothly on my MacBook Pro. I just need to install the additional Boot Camp drivers off my Leopard disc to get full use of my Apple hardware (will post update later). The surprising part is that most of my hardware including the WiFi and graphics drivers were installed automatically and ran properly.

I also left my XP install/partition intact by using iPartition (well worth the price) to create a new partition. The only issue I had was caused by my not checking the “Visible in Windows” option on the partition. I also had to manually boot back into the Windows 7 partition to finish the install but it wasn’t an issue.

I’ve also found that VMware Fusion 2 was unable to boot into Windows 7 but still able to boot into XP without any issues. I’ll be working on the issue to see if this can be fixed.

I also plan to migrate my XP settings to 7 so I don’t lose any game progress.

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