Can anyone tell me if I can run only windows 7 on my macbook pro ?
Will all the apple hardware like the usb, speakers, track pad etc will work properly with windows 7?
MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Yes, you can run Windows 7 using Bootcamp to partition your drive and subsequently install Windows. Yes, all those components will work.
Yeah but I don't want to partition the drive
I want to totally remove Mac OS X and use only windows
If I install a hard drive with windows only will it work?
Yes it will work, but I strongly recommend keeping a copy on a clone of the Mac operating system, in addition to the original 10.6 installer disc that came with the computer. If you are missing that disc, call AppleCare now before they don't have stock of it since starting in October 2011, Apple no longer supplied prebundled installer discs with MacBook Pros and relied totally on the internet for software installation. Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper both do the job to an external hard drive and make it bootable. You can also run Windows and Mac OS X without rebooting between one and the other using other virtualization options here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2741
One of the great advantages of having a Mac is native legal support of more than one operating system.
Thanks a lot
running windows 7 only on a macbook pro
