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Today, Apple finally got with the program (nearly a month late) and released an update for their Bootcamp software. Bumping the version number up to 3.1, this update provides full Windows 7 compatibility. Supporting both x86 and x64 platforms, this update has full support for the Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate versions of Windows 7.

Included in the update are “fixes” for the trackpads on their Macbooks, and their new wireless keyboard and Magic Mouse. Windows 7 drivers for all of the hardware in the relevant iMac and Macbook models are also available. The update and the included fixes add up to a 381MB download for the x86 version, and 275MB for the x64 version.

There are a couple of catches, however, to installing and using this update with Windows 7. First, you must be running either Windows XP or Windows Vista inside of Bootcamp to install the update. A second requirement is that you download and run the “Bootcamp Utility for Windows 7 Upgrade” which will safely un-mount the read-only Macintosh partition from Windows Vista, prior to upgrading.

After running the above utility and upgrading your version of Bootcamp, you can safely and easily upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 with full support for all of Apple’s hardware. It’s a bit late, but late is better than never.

Source: [AppleInsider]