How to Setup Windows on Mac

The Mac products from Apple are synonymous with reliability, durability and finishing details, making them one of the top choices among professionals.

In 2006, Apple does not base his computer on the IBM PowerPC, passing the plate will Intel x86 processors, marking a sharp change with the past. This choice makes it possible to installation of Microsoft operating systems on computers manufactured by Apple, providing a viable alternative to OS X, compensating to some shortcomings of the software.

Set up Windows on a Mac is very simple, and the same house in Cupertino provides us with all the necessary tools.

Require :

  • Boot Camp
  • CD or DVD to install Windows
  • Installation DVD Mac OS X

1.) To install any version of Windows on a Mac Apple provides us with, integrated with OS X, a very useful tool called Boot Camp: it will allow us, thanks to an intuitive wizard, the installation of another operating system. To start, open the menu of the Mac and sail towards the ” Applications ” and ” Utility “, by selecting the Application. The installation wizard will remind us that we need to continue the installation disk of Windows, go ahead, click on ” Continue.” At this point, the program will ask you what to do, making us choose between ” Create a Windows 7 install disk “, ” Download the latest Windows support software from Apple ” and ” Install or remove ” Windows 7 “, I love all the ideas and options we move forward.

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2.) On the next screen, you will be asked which disk to use and how much space to devote to the Windows partition, it is recommended for a good stability of the system, provide at least 60 GB of memory. We choose the type of file system and continue with the installation by inserting the DVD of the Microsoft operating system: our Mac will restart automatically.

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3.) This will start the Windows Setup: Select the system language and keyboard layout, let’s go ahead and select the partition named ” BOOTCAMP “, confirming the installation procedure. It will take a little more than half an hour. The restart will enter the system just installed ..

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4.) At this point we remove the installation DVD and insert Windows to OS X to install the drivers necessary for the proper functioning of the system on our Mac From the Autoplay menu, select ” Run Setup.Exe “, to start the process: we always go forward accepting the conditions of contract and after a few minutes will be correctly configured everything, you need. At the end restart your computer.

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5.) To choose which of the two systems start every time we turn on our Mac, holding down the ” Alt ” to start. We can install many other operating systems all inside of our computers from Apple rerunning the procedure.

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