How can I change the operating system on my MacBook Pro A1286?

[Danitox]

I've tried everything and I get a blue screen with Windows, and with Linux they don't even load.

 

[Ben J.]

First thing; I'm pretty certain you have to have a working compatible version of macOS installed, then you can create a partition for windows or linux. Do you have that?

 

[Bigwaff]

Or at least boot from Recovery or external media.

 

[Fishrrman]

"Change the OS"?

What do you want to change it to...??

 

[jdanilson]

Apple Intel mac's used to support BootCamp to allow native implementations of nix and Windows. But BootCamp is not supported for the newer Apple sillicon.

For the newer macs you will need some virtualization software such as VMware or Parallels. Since you're running an M4 chip I think your only recourse is a virtulizaion package. I suspect this isn't going to be free.

 

[Bigwaff]

Since you're running an M4 chip I think your only recourse is a virtulizaion package. I suspect this isn't going to be free.

OP have MBP A1286, which is an Intel 2008-2012 model.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Which specific Mac model in the A1286 series do you have? What is the RAM amount and hard drive or SSD situation?