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September 3, 2009 11:21 PM

Is it possible to connect a Jawbone headset via bluetooth to an intel mac bootcamp'd into XP?

I have tried multiple bluetooth stacks, and it seems like I've gotten close, but so far no cigar (or Team Fortress 2 chat). Does the hive have any experience with this conundrum? For what it's worth, I do have a seperate bluetooth dongle that I can plug in. It's very generic so I can't give many specifics.

posted by razzamatazm to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

I don't know much about bootcamp, but the EFI layer looks a lot like the way a VM works, and access to hardware through a hosted VM is notoriously difficult.

You got to get that bluetooth stack working, if you can't find drivers for XP to manage the onboard mac bluetooth device (and that seems reasonable that that'd be difficult) than you'll just have to use another bluetooth device, ie, the dongle. B/c the dongle will use (presumably) usb, which is a much more widespread technology, it's a good bet that the EFI layer will be able to transit it, IOW, it should Just Work(tm). You'll still have to find the proper drivers for it, but that they'll be available for XP is pretty much a given.

(note that "bluetooth stack" is really just another term for "drivers for my bluetooth radio")
posted by qbxk at 10:12 AM on September 4, 2009

Yeah... that's what I've been trying... I'm just hoping to find someone that has done this task.
posted by razzamatazm at 2:06 PM on September 4, 2009