[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":135},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog:2008:boot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware":3,"blogMore-Technology":121,"comments-boot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware":134},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":101,"commentCount":102,"date":103,"description":104,"excerpt":105,"extension":106,"filenames":107,"hidden":108,"image":107,"meta":109,"minutes":96,"navigation":110,"path":111,"seo":112,"showCategory":107,"stem":113,"tags":114,"updated":107,"url":118,"wordCount":119,"__hash__":120},"content\u002Fblog\u002F2008\u002Fboot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware.md","Boot Camp 2.1, VMware Fusion 1.1.2 and MacBook Pro firmware",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":94},"minimark",[9,14,25,28,32,41,52,56,69,82,85,88],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"boot-camp-21","Boot Camp 2.1",[15,16,17,18,24],"p",{},"Apple have released ",[19,20,13],"a",{"href":21,"rel":22},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002Fbootcamp",[23],"nofollow"," which finally includes official 64-bit support on Vista and support for Windows XP Service Pack 3.",[15,26,27],{},"This update may mean that 3D games will play without locking up or installing Nvidia’s own drivers and that the track-pad functions correctly again (broken since Boot Camp 1.x)",[10,29,31],{"id":30},"macbook-pro-firmware-151","MacBook Pro Firmware 1.5.1",[15,33,34,35,40],{},"Apple’s ",[19,36,39],{"href":37,"rel":38},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002Fsupport\u002Fdownloads\u002Fmacbookproefifirmwareupdate151.html",[23],"MacBook Pro Firmware Update 1.5.1"," applies to all recent MacBook Pro’s including the ones with MBP31.0070.B05 firmware that the 1.5 update failed to upgrade leaving 17″ owners on MBP31.0070.B07.",[42,43,44],"blockquote",{},[15,45,46,47,51],{},"The new firmware does not fix a problem where ",[19,48,50],{"href":49},"https:\u002F\u002Fdiscussions.apple.com\u002Fthread.jspa?threadID=1206438&tstart=105","track-pad input would become jerky after suspending\u002Fsleeping"," and turning Airport off would make matters worse. 10.5.3 has fixes for Airport after sleeping which might solve the issue…",[10,53,55],{"id":54},"vmware-fusion-112","VMware Fusion 1.1.2",[15,57,58,62,63,68],{},[19,59,55],{"href":60,"rel":61},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vmware.com\u002Fdownload\u002Ffusion\u002F",[23]," is just out and includes a ",[19,64,67],{"href":65,"rel":66},"https:\u002F\u002Fblogs.vmware.com\u002Fteamfusion\u002F2008\u002F04\u002Fvmware-fusion-1.html",[23],"host of fixes and improvements"," including:",[70,71,72,76,79],"ul",{},[73,74,75],"li",{},"Windows XP Service Pack 3",[73,77,78],{},"Network and USB compatibility",[73,80,81],{},"Time Machine compatibility",[15,83,84],{},"Now that VMware lets Time Machine backup the VM image file and that Time Machine backs up modified files in their entirety you might want to exclude ~\u002FDocuments\u002FVirtual Machines it unless you fancy losing several gigabytes per hour while using a VM. Naturally, if you have your VM running off its own partition to allow Boot Camp too then that’s not an issue.",[15,86,87],{},"With any luck VMware will figure out a way of Time Machine backing up changed individual files within the Windows file-system…",[15,89,90],{},[91,92,93],"em",{},"[)amien",{"title":95,"searchDepth":96,"depth":96,"links":97},"",2,[98,99,100],{"id":12,"depth":96,"text":13},{"id":30,"depth":96,"text":31},{"id":54,"depth":96,"text":55},"Technology",0,"2008-04-24T23:47:05+00:00","Apple have released [Boot Camp 2.1](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.apple.com\u002Fbootcamp) which finally includes official 64-bit support on Vista and support for Windows XP Service Pack 3.","[object Object]","md",null,false,{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002F2008\u002Fboot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware",{"title":5,"description":104},"blog\u002F2008\u002Fboot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware",[115,116,117],"Apple","Boot Camp","MacBook","\u002Fblog\u002F2008\u002Fboot-camp-21-vmware-fusion-112-and-macbook-pro-firmware\u002F",239,"my_YaGIzrfxybT6ft6GiVaMMQEGcY6UeDylQjie_eVk",[122,126,130],{"title":123,"date":124,"url":125},"VTX5000: Part 4 - Communications","2026-05-06T10:19:24.727Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-4-comms-routines\u002F",{"title":127,"date":128,"url":129},"VTX5000: Part 3 - Software ROM","2026-04-15T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fvtx5000-part-3-software-rom\u002F",{"title":131,"date":132,"url":133},"VTX5000: Part 2 - Hardware","2026-03-30T23:00:00.000Z","\u002Fblog\u002F2026\u002Fprism-vtx5000-part-2\u002F",[],1780900517213]