I was able to download Win 8 from the site that you gave me, tug! Thanks.
There were 2 files in the download:
(1) en_windows_8_x64_dvd_915440.iso
(2) X17-59186.iso
The second one, that is, (2) is the one that Boot Camp accepts.
I openned Boot Camp and did the following:
(a) checked first box saying "Create a Win 7 or later install disk.
(b) checked third box that says, "Install Win 7 or later version"
When I checked (a), Boot Camp automatically checked the second box that says, "download the latest support software from Apple". The box is greyed out, so there is no opportunity to uncheck it.
When I pressed 'Continue' and after partitioning the hard disk preference, Boot Camp gives me a message saying, "Download Windows 7 Support Software. This Mac only supports Windows 7. Do you want to continue?"
I clicked 'cancel' and downloaded the "Boot Campo Support Software 5.0.5033" and extracted the zip file into the root drive of my USB. In fact, I put the extracted files in the same USB that has the two "iso" files for Win 8 that I downloaded from your recommended site.
I ran Boot Camp again (still the secon box greyed out so I had to download the latest support software from Apple" and of course I get the same message saying the it will "Download Windows 7 Support Software."
I think that in one of the many iterrations that I did, I did specify contineu, but I beleve that I received an error message.
I know that the downloaded support software 5.0.5033 has to be run and installed in the Windows environment. But I can't get past the Win 8 installation process in Boot Camp. So I haven't been able to reach the "INstall Windows" level indicated in the Apple Boot Camp installation instructions.
Any suggestions? I can almost taste success, but am not there yet.