Would like to add Windows 10 to my MacBook Air do you recommend this? When adding will I receive the same features as a Windows based PC? My work uses windows and I need to be able to have email and excel. Thanks
MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)
Use a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox. There are to date no Boot Camp Windows 10 drivers.
Use a virtual machine like Parallels, Fusion, or VirtualBox. There are to date no Boot Camp Windows 10 drivers.
You don't just add it. You'll need a Windows 10 installation DVD/USB, so you can install it, or update from an eligible windows version (7,8,8.1) to 10 if you are already running one.
When you install Windows using BootCamp, or one of the virtualization options above, you get Windows just like what you get on a PC. Its not a version of windows, or some windows features. Its a full Windows installation. So you get everything that comes with that.
With that said, Bob, is correct. Apple has not yet released Windows 10 drivers for bootcamp, so there are many things that still don't work correctly in the Windows 10 installation. You can try a Virtual Machine, but you will need a fully licensed Windows installer either way.
Thank you, I do not have any edition of Windows on the MBA. Should I wait for Windows 10? Or install a older version? Really want to have this for work and start school next week (even though I have been out of school for 27 years) and would like to have it for that reason. Thanks
Windows 10 is technically already out. As I said you either need to purchase a full Windows 10 Install, or install an eligible windows version and upgrade for free from that.
Either way you will need to pay for a windows version to install.
Whatever you do, depends on what windows applications you need to run. I would probably go for a Windows 7 or 8 Install DVD. And update from that.
Phil is right. My advice would be to install Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 (whichever version you have -- with the activation code) using Bootcamp. Forget about Windows 10 for now. You'll be able to install Windows 10 over your Bootcamp installation of Windows (for free) in the next few months, but you should wait until Apple has updated the Bootcamp drivers for Windows 10 before you do that.
Thanks again, this is all new to me, so a novice question, where do I download the Windows key? Hope it comes with instructions a 2 year old can understand. I am totally in the dark on all of this. My only other route is too buy a laptop that is windows based and i really don't want to do that. I've had the MBA for a while and like the speed, bought it because I love my iPhone and my other lap top died so I thought why not a apple macbook . Now my
situation has changed and I need it to do more than surf the web and back up the phone.
The 25-digit activation key should be printed on the Windows DVD that you bought or that came with your laptop. If you don't have it, you may need to buy a new copy of Windows. That's what I had to do -- I bought a copy of Windows 8.1 Pro For Students for $75 from the Microsoft Store online. Do you have an .edu email address you can use? (Just Google Windows 8.1 Pro For Students.) The upgrade to Windows 10 is free, but you need to have already installed Windows 7 or 8.
If you're a student, also check out Microsoft Office 365 University - four years of Microsoft Office with free updates - Windows and/or Mac.
Finally, you may not need Windows at all. I teach at a state university and don't need it a bit. I use MS Office for Mac. (Of course, you my need to use some Windows-only software...)
Thank you
When you buy a Windows install DVD it should come with the relevant key.
The instructions for installing windows on your Mac will be a little involved depending on what route you want to take. Bootcamp, or a Virtualization option.
But we can tackle that when you get to it. The first thing is to get a copy of Windows.
Windows 10 how do I add it?
