- Install Windows 10 On Macbook Pro 2010
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- Boot Camp Support Software Windows 10
- How To Install Windows 10 On Mac
Steps for installing Windows 10 on your old MacBook Pro. If you follow these steps you do so at your own risk and with no guarantee that things will work out. I used a late-2008 MacBook Pro. Others of a similar vintage might well work. Get a copy of Windows 10. Fairly obvious but worth mentioning. We really need to know exactly how you're attempting to install Windows 10 to the new 2016 MacBook Pro. For example: did you use a bootable USB with the Windows 10 iso on it or did you just follow the Boot Camp install instructions? As far as the licensing of Windows 10 goes, we'll let you deal with that assuming you removed it from the iMac.
I wanted to have a play do serious research with Windows 10 IoT Core for Raspberry Pi 2 (read more about that here). You can flash the SD card from any system but to get coding I required the full version of Windows 10 on a PC. I wanted to put this on an old machine as I don’t want to put an OS as wet as this on my main work box. I find it’s best to let any new operating system dry for a while before using it in anger. I’ve gone for the Long Term Support Branch but otherversions are available. Unfortunately a Virtual Machine isn’t suitable for what I need this for.
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Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue. To install Windows 10 on Macbook Pro, you need to have Boot Camp support on the device. I suggest you to refer to the link below on Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp and check if it helps. Windows 10 works fine on a MacBook when running externally. The battery life and overall system performance of the MacBook are the same as it would be if Windows was running on an internal drive. There are degrees of safety. All things being equal, running Windows on a Mac is less safe than running macOS on a Mac, but if you are careful it is still OK.
Install Windows 10 On Macbook Pro 2010
As a side note; Windows 10 IoT Core is nothing like a normal version of Windows. IoT Core has no desktop or shell. It doesn’t run standard Windows applications. If you want to use an office suite on your Raspberry Pi 2 then you should install Raspbian and LibreOffice.
I’ve got an old MacBook Pro from 2008. The first unibody one with the express card slot and door to easily remove the battery & hard disk. According to Apple’s plan this is now obsolete and I should buy the new shiny with no Ethernet or optical drive. Windows 10 isn’t officially supported on it and is actively blocked at many stages but there is a way to install it and it works well.
I’d installed Win 8 and 8.1 before even though they have the same blockers. I’ve been running them for a while and had no trouble. The same is true for Windows 10.
How to Install
The way to install Windows 10 is to trick Boot Camp into thinking you are installing Window 7. This involves a bit of disc swapping (which brings back memories of the PS1).
You will need:
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- An old Apple computer
- A Windows 7 install disc
- A Windows 10 install disc
The process is:
- Insert the Windows 7 install disc
- Launch the Boot Camp assistant and partition the hard drive
- When finished eject the Win 7 disc and insert the Win 10 disc
- Reboot and start the installation
During the installation you will need to format the Boot Camp partition to NTFS.
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You can also customize all the privacy options at install time. I choose to turn them all off. Remember to scroll down to find the hidden ones (that would fit on the screen anyway). I had to do this 2 times as it came up again after the first reboot.
To choose which OS to boot into hold option (alt) when the machine starts up. Windows 10 works pretty well out of the box but you may want to install the track pad driver to enable right click and tap to click.
Drivers
You need to trick Boot Camp into installing the drivers as again it checks for Windows 7. This actually works out better as you don’t end up with Apple bloat-ware that you don’t need.
Use the Boot Camp assistant in OSX to download the drivers and save them to a USB memory stick. Follow these instructions. It prompts for an administrator password at the end but I’m not sure why.
You won’t be able to run any of the installers. Yet you can install the drivers and run the control panel manually:
- Find the correct multi touch driver executable for your system in Drivers/Apple (in x64 for my laptop)
- Run the Apple Multi Touch Track Pad Installer and follow the wizard to install the driver
- Extract the control panel from the correct BootCamp MSI (64 bit version for my laptop) with 7-zip
- Run Apple Control Panel and enable the options on the Trackpad tab (this tab is not present until the driver is installed)
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The track pad then works really nicely. Better than on older versions of Windows with previous Boot Camp Apple drivers.
How To Install Windows 10 On Mac
Now to install Visual Studio 2015 and get coding on the Raspberry Pi 2. I’ll save that for another post (edit: here it is).