Q: iMac 2008, Boot Camp 5, and Windows 7/8 32-bit & 64-bit
I am interested in installing Windows 7 via Boot Camp 5 on my iMac (see sig) but I'm confused as to whether or not my mac is even capable of installing Windows 7 at all. Let me explain.
According to THIS support article, Boot Camp 5 dropped support of Windows 7 32-bit whereas Windows 7 64-bit remains supported alongside the newly supported Windows 8 64-bit. So far, so good. But according to THIS support article (scroll down to "Boot Camp requirements by Mac model" and click on "iMac"), my mac model (iMac 24-inch, Early 2008) only supports Windows 7 32-bit as of Boot Camp 4 and that Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 8 64-bit are not supported for my model. ???? That's the crux of the conundrum I'm facing.
So my question is this: can someone give me a definitive answer as to whether or not my iMac is capable of installing and running Windows 7? What about Windows 8?
iMac (24-inch Early 2008), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Posted on Mar 22, 2013 10:58 PM
One thing is Boot Camp Assistant 5 (included with OS X Mountain Lion) and another thing are Boot Camp 5 drivers. You can use Boot Camp Assistant 5 to download Boot Camp 4 drivers without any problems. Furthermore, if you try to download the Boot Camp drivers from Boot Camp Assistant, it will tell you that your Mac only supports Windows 7 and it will download the Boot Camp 4 drivers, that you can get from the Apple Support page, too > http://support.apple.com/downloads
Apart from that, Boot Camp Assistant is neccessary to create the Windows partition and/or create a Windows 7 or Windows 8 installation USB drive, for some computers
Posted on Mar 23, 2013 12:19 AM
