This article will discuss installing Windows 7 and Windows 8 on Mac computers as the second operating system for download - i.e. When you enable the computer, you will be able to select the desired operating system - Windows or Mac OS X.
What will be required to install Windows 8 and Windows 7 on Mac
First of all, the installation medium with Windows is required - DVD disc or boot flash drive. If there are no, then the utility with which Windows installation will occur, allows you to create such a carrier. Additionally, it is desirable to have a free flash drive or a memory card with the FAT file system, which in the process all drivers needed to do the Mac computer in Windows will be downloaded during the Windows. The download process is also performed automatically. To install Windows, you will need at least 20 GB of a hard disk space.
After you have everything you need, run the Boot Camp utility using the Spotlight search or from the Application Utilities section. You will be asked to post a hard disk by highlighting a place on it to install the Windows operating system.
Selecting a disk partition for installing Windows
After the disk marking will be prompted to select tasks for execution:
- Create A Windows 7 Install Disk - Create a Windows 7 installation disk (A disk or flash drive is created to install Windows 7. For Windows 8, also select this item)
- Download The Latest Windows Support Software From Apple - download the necessary software from Apple website - you are downloaded for the computer you need to work in Windows drivers and programs. You need a separate disk or flash drive in FAT format for saving them.
- Install Windows 7 - installation of Windows 7. In order to install Windows 8, you should also select this item. When choosing, after restarting the computer, it will automatically switch to the installation of the operating system. If this does not happen (which happens), when you turn on the computer, press Alt + Option to select a disc from which you want to load.
Selection of tasks for installation
Installation
After restarting your Mac, the standard installation of Windows will begin. The only difference, while selecting a disk to install, you will need to format the disk with the Bootcamp mark, for this, when you select a disc, click "Configure", then format and upon completion of formatting, continue installing Windows to this disk.
The process of installing Windows 8 and Windows 7 is described in detail in this instruction.
When the installation is completed, you run the setup file from a disk or flash drive to which the Apple driver has been downloaded in the boot camp utility. It is worth noting that Apple does not provide officially for Windows 8 applications, but most of them are successfully installed.
Installing Drivers and Bootcamp Utilities
After successfully installing Windows, it is also recommended to download and install all operating system updates. In addition, it is desirable to update the drivers for the video card - those that have been loaded Boot Camp have not been updated for a very long time. However, given the fact that the video chips used in the PC and MAC are the same, everything will work.
The following problems may appear in Windows 8:
- When you press the volume and brightness adjustment buttons on the screen, the indicator of their change does not appear, while the function itself works.
Another point to pay attention is to behave different configurations in different ways to behave after installing Windows 8. In my case, with MacBook Air Mid 2011 no special problems arose. Nevertheless, judging by the reviews of other users, in some cases there is a flashing screen, disabled touchpad and a number of other nuances.
Windows 8 download time on MacBook Air was about a minute - on the Sony VAIO laptop with Core i3 and 4GB memory loading occurs in two or three times faster. In the work of Windows 8 on Mac showed itself much faster than on the usual laptop, the point here is most likely in SSD.