Apple gives multi-touch trackpad magic to Boot Camp boys and girls

Jonny Evans
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August 12, 2009
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Apple last night shipped an essential software update for Boot Camp users, boosting performance of the Apple Multi-Touch trackpad when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp.

The update’s for Boot Camp users with 13-inch unibody MacBooks released in late 2008 or any MacBook Air model released since late 2008.

A tech support note from Cupertino says:

"This update improves the performance of the Apple Multi-Touch trackpad when running Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Vista on a Mac computer using Boot Camp.

"For information on how to install this update, please visit this website: About the Multi-Touch Trackpad update 1.1 for Windows XP and Vista".

Users should download the update while running Windows XP or Vista. When the download is complete, double-click on the AppleBCUpdate.exe file that will appear on the desktop and follow the onscreen installation instructions.

The 3.93MB update is available now.

Comments (4)

Brad (not verified) | August 12, 2009 - 5:14am

I'm wondering if this would work in VMWare? It would be nice.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 12, 2009 - 10:49am

No, it would not, since this is a hardware level driver, and VMWare has all its own hardware drivers.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 12, 2009 - 1:39pm

so as usually early macbook air users are left out... even on leopard. apple becomes less and less ethical...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | August 12, 2009 - 4:53pm

No it just isn't a necessary update for them, apple didn't screw the older one's up