MacBook Pro 13'' (mid 2010) Windows 8 support

Hey 737FCOM:

Were you able to run Win 8 without any crashes on your MBP. I have pretty much the same computer so if you have any advice for installing W8 properly, I'd like to hear it! This thread has been really helpful too :D

Yeah I had the same problem. I'm using windows to play Steam games so I downloaded chrome to get steam faster and I can play my games without problems but when I go on the Internet or have a slow connection (like at a public library or coffee shop) my computer will crash. Hopefully Apple will help us 13in 2010 MBP users out sometime in the future but I highly doubt it :(

My experience :

I installed win 8 on my MBP 13" mid2010.also Installed BootCamp5.0.5033 drivers by command prompt. i Manually installed Nvidia driver Whql-314.07( Latest Driver for Gforce XXXm)

But 😠 Crash,,,,Crash,,,Crash,

i had video call with my Skype,suddenly Crash !

Listen Music,suddenly Crash!

i prefer to Downgrade to Win7. unfortunately ,apple leave MBP 13" mid 2010 users without Bootcamp Supporting.I am afraid that one day it does not support Mac OS X 10.9 on my MacBook Pro. I live in Iran, unfortunately i can't pay another high price to buy New MBP.

Sometimes looks like Apple spit on consumers. I had been waiting these drivers for a long time and don't know what to do now. This model was so popular that's why Apple stopped supporting anymore. They want more money, I don't want to dance with tambourine near my mac, i just want a working solution with Windows 8 by Apple.

I don't know if this helps, but you can get Apple's drivers to install by un-RARing them and editing their .inf file. This is how I got bluetooth to work with Win7 and my 17" macbook pro.

So Windows 8 doesnt work on the mid 2010 MacBook Pros?

So to fix the crash use this:

1. Run CMD as ADMINISTRATOR:

2. Type: bcdedit /set disabledynamictick yes

3. Restart ;-)

BUT... i have one another problem... I was used BootCamp 4 and it was same as now... When i install BootCamp 5 nothings change... I still have the problem with the display brightness... Its turned to max brightness. I can use the Fn button and F1 to make the brightness low.... its indicate that its low... but nothings change...
Someone have that problem too? Any solutions ?

Your fix for the crashing problem worked very well!!! I solved the problem of the screen brightness by first installing Boot Camp 4, then Bootcamp 5 and rolling back the NVIDIA card driver at the end. I also own a Mid-2010 Macbook Pro 13". Now it works great!

Hi,

are you using 32bit or 64bit Windows? Or doesn't that matter? Haven't tried Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro of the same kind yet but I'd like to figure out what way to go.

Well, I first had Windows 7 installed with Bootcamp. Then in the same partition I installed Windows 8 x64 with an upgrade ISO, but chose the option to keep nothing and without using Bootcamp for Mac. The only thing that Bootcamp for Mac helped me to do was to obtain the support Software Bootcamp 4 for Windows. Then I installed it and got the most of the drivers working. Finally I installed the support Software Bootcamp 5 which I obtained from the Bootcamp support webpage, I tested the screen brightness, which didn't work, so I rolled back the NVIDIA video card driver and it worked. There are just two devices which still Windows mark as if they have no driver installed, but if you try to install them manually, they are within the Bootcamp 4 support software folders. Hope this helps.

Please tell me how did you get the NVIDIA drivers? I downloaded the ones for GT650M but they weren't compatible.I have a MacBook Pro 13" late 2011 with Windows 7 64-Bit.

Well, first, I have the Mid 2010 MacBook Pro 13", so I don't know if this solution works for you. In fact your version of MacBook should be compatible with Windows 8. Anyway, you can download the drivers as the Windows Support Software from Boot Camp 5 in OS X. This method guarantees that you get the right drivers for your model. Then you install the file you downloaded from Boot Camp in Windows OS and your drivers should work regardless if they are for Win 7 and you have Win 7 or 8.

That's exactly what I did, but I don't have the NVIDIA drivers installed, and I can't install them manually because it says they're incompatible. You said earlier that you installed them manually, I just want to know how.