When is it planned to support window 8?

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When is it planned to support window 8?

Hello.

I want to install windows 8 as a second OS on my MB pro late 2011, but keyboard doesn't work. When Apple is going to support Windows 8 officially?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Dec 27, 2012 4:43 AM

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mende1

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Dec 27, 2012 4:46 AM in response to borovsky.d

Apple usually updates Boot Camp drivers with a OS X update, in this case, 10.8.3. We don't know when it will be released and we don't know if Apple will include new drivers on this OS X, so we can't say anything sure. If you want to use Windows 8 now, use Parallels, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox and install Windows on a virtual machine

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Dec 27, 2012 4:52 AM in response to mende1

Unfortunatelly, virtual machine is too slow on my MB. Can we expect somebody from Apple tell us when they are going to support Windows 8?

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mende1

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Dec 27, 2012 4:53 AM in response to borovsky.d

I am sorry. We are users and Apple doesn't read these forums, so nobody can answer the question

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borovsky.d Author

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Dec 27, 2012 4:54 AM in response to mende1

Thanks for your quick answers🙂

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mende1

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Dec 27, 2012 4:57 AM in response to borovsky.d

You're welcome

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Damiii99

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Dec 27, 2012 7:11 AM in response to borovsky.d

I installed Windows 8 on my Macbook Pro and my keyboard is fully working ! You just need to change it on Windows 8 !

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Dec 27, 2012 7:15 AM in response to Damiii99

I've tryied to install windows 8 two times and after about a week my keyboard works after reboot 1 time from 10. 9 times from 10 symbol keys don't work, but Enter, Caps, Shift and etc work fine.

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Damiii99

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Dec 27, 2012 7:18 AM in response to borovsky.d

Did you change it in properties on Windows 8 ?

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Dec 27, 2012 7:23 AM in response to Damiii99

The fact remains that Windows 8 is not a supported configuration http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899.

It may or may not work. It may work until a driver/Windows update is installed, it may never work correctly.

So why mess with it?

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Damiii99

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Dec 27, 2012 7:25 AM in response to BobTheFisherman

i'm not messing....
If it worked for me, i can give an idea about how it will work ...
What's your problem ?
I already know about the " may or may not work " ...
But for me and a friend of mine, it worked ....

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Dec 27, 2012 7:26 AM in response to Damiii99

Good.

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rtheb

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Dec 29, 2012 1:59 PM in response to borovsky.d

There are workarounds for the keyboard and trackpad issues in Windows 8 here:..

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4237866?start=30&tstart=0

This solution worked for the keyboard input:...

"I had the same issue on MacBook Pro with Windows 8 where the keyboard's letter and number keys and the onscreen keyboard didn't work after rebooting the laptop after installing windows 8. I reinstalled windows 8 3-times then after the last installation, I disabled the password in the user settings and changed the language settings in Control Panel. Go to Control Panel, Language, Click on Options, Under Input method added a new language "United States International(Apple) then removed United States (Apple). then rebooted the computer. now both the keyboard and onscreen keyword work."

The thread also links to solutions for the trackpad.

If you haven't installed Windows 8 yet DO NOT USE A PASSWORD until you can change the keyboard input and get a functioning keyboard.

BTW

We are running Windpws 8 x64 flawlessly on a 13" MacBook Pro Late 2011 under BootCamp and even have all the Trackpad Gestures working in Windows 8 x64 using Trackpad++.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2436935?start=480&tstart=0

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