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Boot Camp is Mac OS X Lion’s built-in technology that allows you to run Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, or 7 on any Intel-based Mac. If your Mac meets the following requirements, you can run Windows on your Mac (if you so desire):

  • An Intel-based Mac (of course)

  • At least 10GB of free hard drive space (though you’ll almost certainly need more)

  • A hard drive that isn’t partitioned

  • A blank recordable CD

  • A printer (for printing the instructions, which you’ll want to do)

  • A full install copy of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate

You really do need a full retail copy of Windows, one that was purchased in a retail box. If your copy of Windows came with your Dell or HP, you probably won’t be able to install it under Boot Camp.

To install Windows on your Mac, here are the basic steps you need to follow:

  1. Launch the Boot Camp Assistant application, which is in your Applications/Utilities folder.

    This step creates a partition on your hard drive for Windows and then burns a special CD with all the drivers you’ll need to use Windows on your Mac.

  2. Install Windows on the new partition.

  3. Install the drivers from the CD you just burned.

    From now on, you can hold down Option during startup and choose to start up from either the Mac OS X Lion disk partition or the Windows partition.

    It’s that simple. However, if these installation steps seem beyond your comfort level, just ask your favorite Mac geek for help.

If running Windows on your Mac appeals to you, you might want to check out Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion (around $80 each) or VirtualBox (free). All three programs not only allow you to run Windows on your Mac, but also let you do so without partitioning your hard drive or restarting every time you want to use Windows. In fact, you can run Mac and Windows programs simultaneously with all three of the above.

Windows on Mac Q&A - Updated February 20, 2011

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Dec 06, 2018 Install Windows using Boot Camp for macOS High Sierra and earlier. In macOS High Sierra and earlier, you can install Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 using Boot Camp Assistant on supported Mac models. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple. Dec 19, 2019 For Windows XP: Click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs. Click Boot Camp Services, and then click Uninstall. Step 2: If prompted, reboot Windows. Insert your Mac OS installation disk. Click the Start button, and then click Computer. Click the drive that contains the Mac OS disk. Double-click the Boot Camp folder. Jul 10, 2011 Now, all I have to do is put in my Mac OS X 10.6.7 install dvd (while I'm in Windows), and install the drivers, but whenever I insert the disk, it tells me that I need Windows 7!! So I have no idea what to do.I need some kind of internet to activate my Windows key, but I cant connect to wifi without the Mac cd drivers!

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Which Intel Macs are capable of booting the 32-Bit and 64-Bit versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7? Which are supported by Apple's Boot Camp?

Apple's Boot Camp software provided with Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6.5 (and earlier) offers 32-bit support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later on all non-server Intel Macs with the exception of the 'Late 2010' MacBook Air models -- the MacBook Air'Core 2 Duo' 1.4 11' (Late 2010) and 'Core 2 Duo' 1.86 13' (Late 2010) -- which only formally support Windows 7. The version of Boot Camp provided with Mac OS X 10.6.6 and later no longer support Windows XP. Macs running MacOS X Server are not supported by Boot Camp at all. Apple does not provide support for the 64-bit version of Windows XP on any Macs at all either.

Officially, Apple supports Windows 7 -- at least the 32-bit version -- on all Intel-based Macs with the exception of the following:

Upon first releasing MacOS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard,' Apple originally formally supported the 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 on many Macs available at the time but retroactively dropped 'support' for the 64-bit version of Windows Vista and instead just noted that these Macs 'can use' the 64-bit version of Windows Vista.

Consequently, officially, Apple supports only the 64-bit version of Windows 7 just on the following Macs and these Macs likewise 'can use' the 64-bit version of Windows Vista:

However, based on reader reports via e-mail and social media, as well as hands-on observation, models officially unable to boot even the 32-bit version of Windows 7 via Boot Camp are capable of doing so with appropriate drivers. Furthermore, some Intel-based Macs that only are officially supported booting the 32-bit version of Windows 7 actually are capable of booting the 64-bit version of Windows 7, again, with proper drivers.

Additionally, regardless of official support from Apple, as shipped, some Intel-based Macs fall short of the required 1 GB memory minimum that Microsoft recommends for the 32-bit version of Windows 7. All Intel-based Macs meet Microsoft's minimum requirements for Windows XP as well as Windows Vista.

It can be challenging to sort out the official and unofficial 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista and Windows 7 capabilities for different Intel-based Macs, but EveryMac.com has endeavored to do so with the below. This chart is believed to be accurate, however, it should be considered subject to further revision. Should you have additional or contradictory information, particularly regarding unofficial capability based on your hands-on experience, please share.

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* Apple officially supports a maximum of the 32-bit version of Windows Vista on these models. However, if equipped with at least 1 GB of RAM, these models also meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 and readers have reported successfully running the 32-bit version of the operating system with appropriate drivers.

** Apple officially supports the 32-bit version of Windows Vista and Windows 7 on these models. Microsoft also requires these models to be equipped with at least 1 GB of RAM, which some were not as originally shipped.

† Apple originally officially supported both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista and Windows 7 on these models. However, the company retroactively modified documentation to note that these models 'can use' the 64-bit of Windows Vista, but only the 32-bit version is supported.

†† Apple officially supports a maximum of the 32-bit version of Windows 7 on these models. However, these models also meet the minimum requirements for the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and readers have reported successfully running the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of both Vista and 7 with appropriate drivers.

‡ Apple does not officially support Windows on the 'Mid-2010' iMac models. However, these models meet the minimum requirements for the 64-bit version of Windows 7 and readers have reported successfully running the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 with appropriate drivers. They are believed to run Windows Vista as well, although no one has reported bothering to do so.

Site sponsor Other World Computing sells a variety of solutions for running Windows on Intel-based Macs, including virtualization solutions from Parallels and VMWare as well as Apple's Boot Camp, which is provided with MacOS X 10.6 'Snow Leopard'.

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