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Ollifi

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So my question is, can I install Windows 10 Technical Preview to my Macbook Air mid-2013? Bootcamp, or some other way?

THANKS for all answers!
 
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I saw a user that installed on he's mac pro, he was complaining that he was able to install Windows 10 but not current OS X update lol

So yeah either search google or give it a try on parallel; i know i was able to install Windows 8 beta when it released on my MBA 2011 but can't remember if i had to do something special.
 
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Thanks. Why Bootcamp isn't possible? My Mac has only 4GB of memory, and I think running both OS X and Windows simultaneously would be too difficult for it.
 
Ollifi said:
Thanks. Why Bootcamp isn't possible? My Mac has only 4GB of memory, and I think running both OS X and Windows simultaneously would be too difficult for it.
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My wetware used a simple algorithm for assistance:
Preview = non permanent > Non permanent better for virtual OS.
 
Windows 10 will accept the drivers from Windows 8 so if your Mac Supports Windows 8,8.1 in bootcamp, It'll support Windows 10.
Ollifi said:
Thanks. Why Bootcamp isn't possible? My Mac has only 4GB of memory, and I think running both OS X and Windows simultaneously would be too difficult for it.
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4GB of ram is enough, you can set ram to 1GB for use with Windows 10 and it'll run just fine.
 
I have it running in both VMWare Fusion as well as VirtualBox for testing. It'll run in either, although I find VMWare works better on my system (in general).
 
Ollifi said:
Thanks. Why Bootcamp isn't possible? My Mac has only 4GB of memory, and I think running both OS X and Windows simultaneously would be too difficult for it.
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Nobody said it wasn't possible. They just recommended other avenues.

I also would recommend a virtualization solution. I have Yosemite Public Beta as my primary OS on my iMac, and now I have Windows 10 in a virtual machine. Windows 10 runs acceptably on 1 GB of RAM. 3 GB is acceptable (while testing) for OS X.

But it should load just fine either on "bare hardware", or through Boot Camp. Note that the Boot Camp Assistant in OS X will refuse to work right with a version of Windows it doesn't know about - but it will install just fine once you reboot.
 
Okay, I'm trying it with VMware fusion 7 (not pro). The only negative thing is that it's only 30-day trial. Do you have any recommendations for free virtualization software?
 
Ollifi said:
Okay, I'm trying it with VMware fusion 7 (not pro). The only negative thing is that it's only 30-day trial. Do you have any recommendations for free virtualization software?
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VirtualBox is nice and free.

Never liked the idea of VMWare Fusion. I don't want software to try to trick me into thinking that Windows software is actually Mac software or whatever witchcraft it does.
 
Thanks for the tip. I downloaded Virtualbox and tried with it, but error 0x0000005d appears. Any advice what setting should I modify? thanks!
 
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Thanks for the tip. I downloaded Virtualbox and tried with it, but error 0x0000005d appears. Any advice what setting should I modify? thanks!
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No idea, never had any problems with it myself. I expect Google is your friend in this case.
 
Oh cool, Windows preview is out! :D
Windows preview is my only chance to have windows for free :p
 
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