While BKWLD may be one of the most Apple/Mac centric companies I’ve worked at (only 1 guy in our Seattle office uses something other than a Mac), Microsoft has been whittling away at their next monster, Windows 7. I’ve been really impressed with how Microsoft has been handling the lead up until its release of Windows 7, namely, its free release of the Release Candidate that will work until June 2010. I decided to check it out by installing Boot Camp on my iMac at home, so I could play some good old video games on Steam.

I won’t post a full tutorial here, there are plenty a Google search away, (I ended up with the 32-bit version because of some issues with the RC on a Mac).

Windows 7’s install is much improved from Windows XP (I have never used or installed Windows Vista) it was simple, non instrusive, and smooth.

However, I got everything running great, when I rebooted back into Mac OS X, my wifi would simply not work. DHCP would simply not grab an IP address from my router no matter what I tried.

I decided that it was time to try a good ol’ Archive and Install of Mac OS X, but I was worried about the reinstall messing up all my recent work getting Boot Camp up and running. I googled for hours and could not find a definititive answer to my question, “Will Boot Camp still work after a Mac OS X Archive and Install?”

I couldn’t find any definitive answer, so I just decided to screw it all, and try it out. Reinstall worked flawlessly, my wifi was back in Mac OS X, and Windows 7 on Boot Camp still works great!

Update: You can download Windows 7 at microsoft.com.