Bootcamp quality
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It seems to me that Boot Camp seems to sometimes work, sometimes not, on certain systems. To be honest right now I'd either only run a VM if possible (not in your case), or do a native install of Windows 8.1 without Boot Camp (EFI boot), only using Boot Camp Assistant to grab the required drivers. Wouldn't bother with Windows 7 at all.
Sure, the EFI boot is a tiny bit more hassle to do, but probably worth it.
Sure, the EFI boot is a tiny bit more hassle to do, but probably worth it.
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Never had any major issues with Windows 7 on bootcamp (even on my 5 or 6 year old Macbook).
For the most part it works exactly the same as Windows 7 on a normal laptop, once you have drivers installed correctly.
For the most part it works exactly the same as Windows 7 on a normal laptop, once you have drivers installed correctly.
great news, thanks!
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Never had any issues with Bootcamp on my MBP. Runs just the same as Windows on any other PC.
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Never had any issues with bootcamp on 200 Macs in a faculty.
The only minor issues we had were years ago when intel macs first came out.
Basically a Mac is a standard intel PC with EFI instead of BIOS and additional security chip to enable it to run OS X without needing a serial.
Bootcamp simply partitions the hard disk, then just downloads the latest drivers and slipstreams them onto a USB stick with the install media from ISO and then boots from that.
The only minor issues we had were years ago when intel macs first came out.
Basically a Mac is a standard intel PC with EFI instead of BIOS and additional security chip to enable it to run OS X without needing a serial.
Bootcamp simply partitions the hard disk, then just downloads the latest drivers and slipstreams them onto a USB stick with the install media from ISO and then boots from that.
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Boot camp fine for me
Just in time for this post, Windows 7 support has now been removed from Boot Camp.
All things considered I'd say it isn't a good option, despite the fact that I do this currently. You lose the ability to use App Nap, you can't suspend the VM (well, you can, however it is potentially dangerous), and Fusion Drive won't work (Windows will be installed on the mechanical disk instead).
In a couple of months I'll be having a separate "work" Windows VM and a separate gaming one. Another good thing is that this allows me to copy a VM onto my other machine and just use it (and back it up easily), rather than doing two separate installs.
You can. Parallels, VMware Fusion, anything that can boot off a native install basically.
All things considered I'd say it isn't a good option, despite the fact that I do this currently. You lose the ability to use App Nap, you can't suspend the VM (well, you can, however it is potentially dangerous), and Fusion Drive won't work (Windows will be installed on the mechanical disk instead).
In a couple of months I'll be having a separate "work" Windows VM and a separate gaming one. Another good thing is that this allows me to copy a VM onto my other machine and just use it (and back it up easily), rather than doing two separate installs.
I should have been clearer. New machines don't support it, so essentially, Apple have dropped support in that they aren't adding support from now on.
No biggy as frankly you wouldn't want to run Windows 7 anyway. Windows 8.1 with Classic Shell is far better.