In our announcement yesterday we outlined the available updates, but here they are again: Be sure to install these updates before installing Windows 7, to ensure full compatibility with the Apple hardware. For the full and specific list of models supported, read the following Apple Knowledgebase article: Īpply all system updates before installing Windows 7Īpple has released a number of support updates for running Windows 7 in Boot Camp, in addition to Boot Camp itself, which include firmware and driver updates for several Macs, and utilities for the Windows install process.

If you are interested in running the 64-bit version of Windows 7, Apple only supports this on computers released in 2008 and later. Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz).Additionally, some people have wondered whether or not the updates that state specific support for Windows 7 are applicable to Vista and XP installations.Īpple supports running Windows 7 on all Intel-Mac models, except for the following ones, so if you have an early Intel-Mac model, you may be out of luck for official support however, you might still be able to get Windows running in an unsupported manner (though you do this at your own risk):

Yesterday Apple released Boot Camp 3.1, which provides support for Windows 7, but full support on some systems may not be as straightforward as updating Boot Camp and then installing Windows 7. While a number of people have been successfully running Windows 7 on their Boot Camp partitions since the first public beta releases were available, many have been waiting for official support from Apple before installing it.

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