Q: Early 2011 MacBook Pro windows 10

Use a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox. There are no Boot Camp drivers for your computer.

I have the same MBP and I'm running Windows 10 on it.  There are a few hiccups - like the audio controls not functioning correctly - but overall it's not terrible.  I'm going to see if maybe the Boot Camp 6.0 drivers end up fixing those despite Apple saying it's not supported.  Maybe somebody else who has done so already could chime in?

Did you use the 6.0 drivers?  Does the audio up or down work with the function keys

I also have an early 2011 Macbook Pro with Windows 8.1 currently installed. Is it worthwhile to update to Windows 10? 8.1 runs perfectly and don't understand why Apple wouldn't have support for 6.0 drivers.

Does Windows 10 run smoothly with the old 5.1 drivers?

Just updated to W10 and everything is working perfectly. Including volume up/down keys and brightness keys. Early 2011 MacBook Pro with bootcamp 5.1.

How?

Did you upgrade from windows 8.1 or clean install?

Did you install boot camp software and driver again after upgrade?

Upgraded from Windows 8.1.

Reinstalled drivers once on Windows 10.

Everything just worked.

Same here, upgraded from Windows 7 and then reinstalled Bootcamp drivers.

Everything works perfectly.

This is the link to download the Windows 8.1 drivers Boot Camp Support Software 5.1.5769

Ive not found something similar for Windows 10 drivers. How do I get hold of the Windows 10 drivers?

Hi Julian

I upgraded to wishes 10 when  logged in to win 7,  however my macbook pro 15"early 2011 is playing  up. And I can't seem to find a version of  bootcamp which will update the drivers. It just says this version of bootcamp isn't for this model. Iv tried a few different versions of bootcamp

Are you able to walk me through how you got everything working

Mak

I used the drivers via bootcamp on my mac where it made the package on my usb flash drive. There was no hunting online necessary, just run the bootcamp assistant and it works.

I upgraded to windows 10. I already had windows 8.1 running so I didn't need to use Bootcamp. It all seemed to work ok but I downloaded and installed the drivers from the link above. I'm not sure if that actually changed anything but at least I know what drivers are being used. I have not rigorously tested it to see if anything is broken but I've had no problems so far.