Maybe you lost a bet. Whatever the reason, you want to run the Windows 8 Preview Release. You might want to run Windows on an older machine, as Windows 8 actually has much less stringent hardware requirements than Mac OS X Lion, but the problem is that only Macs since about have firmware that can boot from disks with the modified boot sectors Microsoft started using in Vista. I was actually able to install an earlier preview release on a Core Solo Mac mini, but not the latest release, which is unfortunate.
Remember to make note of the activation code. Hey, whoa, whoa. Click on the disk image and burn it to a blank disk. Now get ready to lose some hard drive space!
Launch Boot Camp Assistant. On the first screen, uncheck the option to download the latest Windows support software from Apple, and check the option to install Windows 7. Boot Camp is able to partition your disk without losing any data. Then select how much disk space you want to allocate to the Windows drive.
If you want to reclaim it later, you can run Boot Camp Assistant again to remove it. Put your burned Windows 8 install disk in the drive and click Install. Your Mac will restart, and you should see the dreadful… uh, I mean happy Windows installation dialog. You can take it from there. While Boot Camp will let you run Windows natively, Parallels almost makes installing Windows 8 a pleasure by comparison.
Parallels Desktop makes the process of getting Windows as painless as anything involving Windows can be. Sufficient free storage space on your startup drive. You can use Time Machine or any other method to back up your files. For information about backing up files, see Back up your files with Time Machine and Ways to back up or protect your files. If your Mac restarts after installing an update, open Software Update again to install any additional updates.
Connect an external USB drive or insert a flash drive into the USB port on your Mac; keep it connected or inserted while you install Windows and the Windows support software. The system is checked for total available disk space. This process may take a long time to complete you can click the Stop button to skip this process. Which Macs can run Windows? MacBook introduced in or later.
MacBook Air introduced in or later. MacBook Pro introduced in or later. Mac mini introduced in or later. A Mac can even run Windows. Every new Mac lets you install and run Windows at native speeds, using a built-in utility called Boot Camp. Setup is simple and safe for your Mac files. First, here are the Macs that can run Windows MacBook: or newer. MacBook Air: or newer. MacBook Pro: or newer. Mac Mini: or newer.
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