- #Installing windows 7 on macbook air how to#
- #Installing windows 7 on macbook air install#
- #Installing windows 7 on macbook air update#
#Installing windows 7 on macbook air install#
I had done some digging on Google and found that it was a fairly simple procedure to install the Windows OS from a USB stick with the use of rEFIt, an EFI boot menu toolkit. There's a Boot Camp Assistant in the Applications folder under OSX that prepares a partition for installing Windows. The Boot Camp procedure is fairly simple. Thus, my project was to get Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit installed onto the MacBook Air. I wanted to run only Windows 7 while OSX is a perfectly fine operating system built on the Mach kernel and FreeBSD, it's not my preferred operating system. Most people would simply opt for the Boot Camp option, which allows people to run both OSX and Windows, although not at the same time. I have previously mentioned that I prefer Windows on the desktop-currently Windows 7-and had intended to run Windows 7 on my new Air unit. Instead of re-hashing the reviews that are already available, have a look at this one which pretty closely mirrors my opinion. It really is a stunning piece of hardware, and compared to netbooks and 11-inch ultraportable notebooks, it's probably the highest quality and fastest ultraportable notebook in the field. Last Saturday, I bit the bullet and purchased the high-end MacBook Air 11, with a 1.6GHz Core2Duo CPU, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB NAND flash storage. However, this is Apple we're talking about, and Apple isn't known for selling cheap, mediocre hardware.
#Installing windows 7 on macbook air how to#
Reviews of both units were mixed some folks complained about the older CPU and the price, saying that the more powerful MacBook Pro line cost less overall.īack in 2008, Steve Jobs is quoted as saying “We don’t know how to make a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk.” I can't entirely agree with that statement there are perfectly fine netbook computers for that price or less that are solidly built and perform well within the scope of their processor, memory and video limitations. Not just a re-vamped 13-inch model, but an 11-inch model as well.
#Installing windows 7 on macbook air update#
Click on the Version menu and select Windows 8.1 (64 bit).Last month-that is, last month being October, 2010-Apple introduced an update to its MacBook Air line.In the Name field, type "Windows 10" or whatever you'd like.Once you're set up and registered, Microsoft links you to a web page to download links that page includes the product key you need to activate your preview version of Windows 10. You can also link the account to an existing email address to make it easier to remember and find later (much like iCloud). If you haven't already created a Microsoft account for OneDrive or Xbox Live or the like, you can do this during registration. To get the disc image, you will need to register as part of Microsoft's Windows Insider Program. You get this image from Microsoft itself by downloading it directly (opens in new tab). The ISO image is, for all intents and purposes, an exact copy of a physical Windows installation disc. Download VMware Fusion (opens in new tab)Īfter you have virtualization software, you'll need to download an ISO image of the Windows 10 technical preview.Download Parallels Desktop (opens in new tab).Here are some links to virtualization software you can download for your Mac: My experience is that compared to VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop, VirtualBox doesn't offer the same sort of robust performance or have quite as polished Mac integration (though there's no charge for it).