- #HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS ON MAC LATE 2011 USING CD KEY FOR FREE#
- #HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS ON MAC LATE 2011 USING CD KEY HOW TO#
Without the aforementioned clarifications, let's get down to business and find out, specifically, what needs to be done to be able to install Windows on Mac for free using the Boot Camp Assistant.
#HOW TO INSTALL WINDOWS ON MAC LATE 2011 USING CD KEY HOW TO#
How to install Windows on Mac with Boot Camp
However, in this case, please note that the download can only be done by providing a valid product key and only for retail versions Windows 7 (that is, those that have been bought in stores and are not pre-installed on PC).Īnother possible solution is to use the ready-to-use virtual machinesthe hard drives virtual systems that, once assembled in virtualization software, allow the system they contain to be run directly, without having to install them first. To find Windows 7instead, visit this other web page, enter the product key OS in your possession in the appropriate field below, click the button Check and follow the instructions on the screen. To conclude, choose whether you want to download the variant to 64-bit o 32-bit and press the button Download. Indicates the language and press the button confirmation. Choose the edition the operating system you are interested in from the appropriate drop-down menu and press the button confirmation. In the second case, you can download Windows directly from the Microsoft website. Regardless of the solution chosen, you must first of all be concerned with finding the installation disc of the version of Windows you plan to use, if your Mac has a writer or if you have connected an external one, or the related one ISO Image. In the first case, you can trust Boot Camp Assistant, an application included "standard" in all the latest versions of macOS, which guides the user in installing Windows on Mac, provides for download from Internet all the drivers necessary for the operation of the Microsoft operating system, run the copy the ISO image Windows in a pen drive (if necessary) and create the partition useful to finish the installation on the disk.Īs for virtualization, on the other hand, you can trust some special software that allow you to create and run Windows (and not only) as a virtual machine, in which it is possible to "run" the operating system without having to install it on the PC (therefore, without partitioning the disk).