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Q: Windows 10 work with Boot Camp 5.1?

CAN I INSTALL WINDOW 10 ON MY MACBOOK AIR OS X YOSEMITE?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 28, 2014 5:02 AM

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Q: Windows 10 work with Boot Camp 5.1?

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  • by Carolyn Samit,

    Carolyn Samit Carolyn Samit Oct 28, 2014 5:05 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY
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    Oct 28, 2014 5:05 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY

    Hi ..

     

    Afraid not  >  Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems

     

    • Windows XP: Home Edition or Professional with Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3 (Boot Camp 3)
    • Windows Vista: Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, or Ultimate, Service Pack 1 or later (Boot Camp 3)
    • Windows 7: Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (Boot Camp 4 or 5.1)
    • Windows 8: Windows 8 or 8.1, Windows 8 or 8.1 Pro (Boot Camp 5.1 only)

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Oct 28, 2014 5:04 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY
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    Oct 28, 2014 5:04 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY

    There are no drivers for 10, 8.1 is the highest supported version currently.

  • by Rudegar,

    Rudegar Rudegar Oct 28, 2014 10:33 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY
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    Oct 28, 2014 10:33 AM in response to MacBook_Air_MY

    bootcamp need working drivers or you will get cashes all the time

    if you wish win10 then run it in a virtual machine like virtualbox from oracle it's free

  • by The hatter,

    The hatter The hatter Nov 15, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Rudegar
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    Nov 15, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Rudegar

    Has anyone by chance tried:

     

    Clone OS X to external drive (USB3, or Thunderbolt)

    Install Windows 10 TP using the entire boot drive sans Apple

     

    No Apple drivers and only what TP 10 includes.

     

    If it doesn't work, just nuke it and restore Yosemite etc like normal.

     

    If you do have Thunderbolt, Windows can run from there but not be installed, so clone Windows over to TB storage (swap places)

     

    And if you want, attach VMware Fusion (I trust or like it and have seen reports of issues with combo of Parallels and Yosemite, and more so with Preview 10. Then use it only in the VM - and wait for drivers, for updates to Windows 10 but you have the partition now so just leave it for later.

     

    It took me two days to get 10 configured the way I like, gradually install the utilities I rely on - all on a PC, not my Mac Pro - and I like the way it integrates what I think is the best of 8.1 (no not an oxymoron!) and Windows 7 (have not used that in at least 4 years). Been rock solid and runs smoothly. But I would avoid some of the "big name" security suites, I stuck to what I have come to rely on over the years: SAS and MalwareBytes though I uninstalled SAS. Those suites have often not worked well with Preview builds.