Apple releases Boot Camp Beta 1.0.2

[posted Tuesday, July 11th]

Apple has quietly released version 1.0.2 of its beta Boot Camp software for running Windows XP on Intel-based Macs.

Unfortunately, Apple has provided no documentation regarding enhancements in this release. The disk image download itself has a modification date of July 10th (yesterday) at 9:17 AM, but the files therein -- including BootCampAssistant.pkg, the installer for the Boot Camp Assistant -- carries a modification date of June 19th.

We successfully installed this new version on a MacBook Pro without issue.

It is presumed that this update includes revised versions of the Windows XP Mac drivers, so you should burn a new drivers disk (using Boot Camp Assistant) after installing the Boot Camp update, then boot into Windows XP and re-install drivers.

The new release is available as a standalone download from Apple's Boot Camp page.

If you are experiencing problems after installing Boot Camp Beta 1.0.2 or noticed improvements, please let us know.

UPDATE: Posters to the comment system at MacTechNews.de report that the iSight is not yet supported (as noted in documentation).

Meanwhile, posters to VersionTracker's feedback system are noting no issues as of yet.

In-house we've noticed no discernible changes after applying the updated (1.0.2) Windows XP drivers on a MacBook Pro running Boot Camp.

For further coverage, see our Boot Camp special report.

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