I have also had intermitant problems with the Mac connecting to the home network for printer and file sharing, I'm guessing becasue the two operating systems don't communicate well. Step 1) Get the Model Identifier for your MacBook In order to make sure we download the right set of drivers for Windows, suited for your MacBook model, we first need to get it’s identifier. Then it didn't matter what machine I was on, but I have 3 or 4 programs that I can't run on the mac. I used to install software on both my laptop and desktop and then put all my working files on a shared drive. What I really miss is the integration with my home network. If you spend 1100 - 1500 on a MBA, you can afford to install windows the right way.

I dont want to hear about the cost savings of doing it with a modified EFI.

This drive should do the trick and is priced at 21. After all, both Intel Macs and PCs have the same hardware architecture. How to Install Windows 7 on a Mac via Boot Camp using a USB addictedtomacintosh 17. The simplest way is to plug in an external dvd rom drive and install it from there. Windows runs on the Mac just as it would on a PC. To switch between Windows and macOS, you have to reboot. I'm not really sure how much I would switch back and forth. Apple’s Intel Macs include a feature called Boot Camp that lets you install Windows directly on your Mac. Thanks John! Half the battle is know the right terminology when doing searchs, which clearly I haven't mastered this is my first Mac.Īfter doing some more reading (unsing the correct terms 🙂) it looks like I can control the size or amount of space to particion the hard drive for both operating systems.? If that is correct, would you recomment I do a 50/50 split? Or should I allocate more for windows since windows programs probably require more space then Mac apps?

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