4sdave
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Q: Apple got me!

I hope nobody reading this got themselves into the mess I did.

 

I started to install bootcamp, and opened the bootcamp help info where it told me I could use either win7 or win 8, so I went out and bought a retail copy of win 8.1. I unwrapped it, got all ready for the installation, only to drill down further in the process and find my machine could only use win 7. Fantastic. Here I sit with $100 worth of Win 8.1 and no earthly use for it.

 

Anybody got any ideas? My Mac is a mid-2007 24", and I was running Win XP on it very nicely before I was enticed to get involved with Yosemite. The new OS runs great, but sure threw me a curve on the windows issue.

 

Thanks!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 4, 2015 6:54 AM

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  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman Jan 4, 2015 2:42 PM in response to 4sdave
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    Jan 4, 2015 2:42 PM in response to 4sdave

    Apple did not get you, you did not read the Windows Compatibility Requirements for Boot Camp located here: Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support

     

    From the link I provided here are the requirements for your iMac which clearly shows that Windows 8 is not supported.

    iMac

    Mac modelWindows 8
    64-bit    		Windows 7
    64-bit    		Windows 7
    32-bit    		Windows Vista
    64-bit    		Windows Vista
    32-bit    		Windows XP
    32-bit
    iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)BCABCA----
    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)BCABCA----
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)55----
    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)55----
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)554---
    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)554---
    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2011)554---
    iMac (27-inch, Mid 2011)554---
    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011)554---
    iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010)554---
    iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010)-44---
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)1-44---
    iMac (27-inch, Late 2009)2-44DVDDVDDVD
    iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009)-44DVDDVDDVD

    iMac (20-inch, Mid 2009)

    		--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (24-inch, Early 2009)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (20-inch, Early 2009)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (24-inch, Early 2008)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (20-inch, Early 2008)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (24-inch, Mid 2007)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (20-inch, Mid 2007)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (24-inch, Late 2006)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (17-inch, Late 2006, CD)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (20-inch, Late 2006)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (17-inch, Late 2006)--4-DVDDVD
    iMac (17-inch, Mid 2006)----DVDDVD
    iMac (17-inch, Early 2006)----DVDDVD

  • by 4sdave,

    4sdave 4sdave Jan 4, 2015 3:04 PM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    Jan 4, 2015 3:04 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

    Bob,

     

    Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, I made the assumption that creating the bootcamp partition would be as simple as it was in 10.6.8. When I opened the help section, (which I did with the belief that it would tell me everything I needed to know about the job),  it clearly stated that I had the choice of either windows OS- no caviats or anything else that would lead me to believe my equipment wasn't up to the job.  Had there been any warning whatsoever that the "you can use 7 or 8" statement was conditional on equipment, I'd have done the research you suggest.

     

    I appreciate your guidance, but in this case, I feel Apple was very misleading by making a generalized claim that could easily mislead those who have less than professional knowledge.

     

    -Dave