This is a short post.  A little information, a little reminder, and a little rant.

STOP criticizing Boot Camp.  People have started complaing that in some cases, installing Boot Camp and Windows XP works, but then people can no longer boot into OSX.

It’s a public beta.  Apparently people selectively ignore or otherwise choose to forget that part.  Do you know what a public beta is?  It’s when a developer takes code that is nearly complete and releases it to real-world experimentation to expose problems just like this.

In other words, the fact that Boot Camp is buggy shouldn’t be a surprise.  This is, in fact, exactly what it should be doing.  Then the Apple people take the bugs, figure them out, and create either a second beta or the ‘gold’ vesion of the software.  Only when using a gold version of software should people be allowed to complain.

So stop it.  Stop bitching and moaning if Boot Camp does weird things.  Instead, notify Apple and help them create a better product.


12 Responses to “Okay, Time to Stop Criticizing Boot Camp”  

  1. 1 Colin

    fanboy

  2. 2 BigRemy

    HERETIC!!

  3. 3 Carl

    Bite me.

  4. 4 Carl

    I cannot be a heretic, as I have no faith. Besides, this is me telling people to stop bitching. It doesn’t matter what beta it happens with. If anyone had shite to say about Vista Beta I would be just as critical.

  5. 5 BigRemy

    And you”d still be a Heretic. Damn silly computer man, just ask yourself WWTD?

  6. 6 Carl

    Thor would tell me to shove a lightning bolt up your ass. :)

  7. 7 BigRemy

    No no…WWTD (What Would Tron Do) is used for all computer related problems.

  8. 8 Carl

    Ah. WWTD is also used in the wonderful Order of the Stick Comics.

  9. 9 Dave

    Um, so have you stopped taking your meds or something?

  10. 10 BigRemy

    Everything that you ever need to know about computers can be learned from watching Tron.

  11. 11 Dave

    Actually, that was directed at Carl’s initial “quit bitching about boot camp” rant, which seemed to have no real purpose, but I’ll happily apply it to your Tron fetish as well.

  12. 12 Big Remy

    Tron knows all and is the guiding light of computerstuffness.

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