Dave.G6HNI
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Q: Windows 10 on MacBook Pro 3.1 ?

I have, with a lot of help from posts here, just managed to install Windows 7 32bit on my 2008 MacBook Pro v3.1 running Yosemite, using Boot Camp.

 

However, I really wanted to install Windows 10 Preview, (32 or 64) but I kept hitting issues with it either not recognising my Win 10 ISO images or the boot DVD I made from the ISOs not being recognised.

 

So I have settled with installing the 32bit version of Win 7 PRO just to confirm it would indeed work and yes so far so good, everything seems to have installed correctly and I can switch between OS's

 

But I can't find anyway to now upgrade from Win 7 to Win 10, it still won't recognise my Win 10 DVDs (32 or 64bit) ?

 

I am now more of a PC person than a Mac man, so please be gentle with any explanations on how to do it.

 

Many Thanks, Dave.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on May 13, 2015 4:46 AM

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Q: Windows 10 on MacBook Pro 3.1 ?

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T May 13, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Dave.G6HNI
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    May 13, 2015 5:52 AM in response to Dave.G6HNI

    You are trying to install an OS being released in 2015-2016 on a 2008 machine. You will run into issues. You should also check if your Mac can support 64-bit at all. Please see System requirements to install Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp - Apple Support.

     

    The best possible solution is to use a Virtualization engine like Vmware Fusion, Parallels, or VirtualBox

  • by Dave.G6HNI,

    Dave.G6HNI Dave.G6HNI May 13, 2015 6:21 AM in response to Loner T
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    May 13, 2015 6:21 AM in response to Loner T

    Hi, as I mentioned in my original post, I'm not really bothered if I can only install 32bit Win 10 to be honest. I don't have a hang up with using 32bit, I don't expect to upgrade the RAM to more than 4GB anyhow.

     

    From a PC perspective there is nothing wrong with the specs of a 2008 MacBook that are not likely to work in Win 10 if Win 7 works OK, which it does appear to do. There would be more issues with trying to put an old OS on a new machine, that then might well be a problem.

     

    Using any form of virtualisation would slow things down and as it is a slower 2008 machine I would not recommend that path.

     

    The only thing that may stop me to be honest would be if Apple arbitrarily decided not to allow it.

  • by Rudegar,

    Rudegar Rudegar May 13, 2015 8:50 AM in response to Dave.G6HNI
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    May 13, 2015 8:50 AM in response to Dave.G6HNI

    install it in virtualbox or some other virtual machine virtual box is free