Requirements
-Windows disc, it can be 7, 8, or 8.1 ONLY 64 bit no 32!
-Bootcamp 5 (newest version)
-USB (more than 4-8GB) for the drivers
This guideline is intended for Mavericks OS (which it's free!) but I think that if you update Bootcamp, you can use this for Lion, Mountain Lion, or other OS X.
First of all, you need to open the disk utility application on Mac and format your USB to FAT so that Windows can read it. The files in the USB will be deleted so keep them safe somewhere else. Now, after you have formatted it, open Bootcamp and make sure you click "download drivers" or something like that. Next, it'll download the drivers to your choice of USB (the formatted one), this will take a while so grab a drink or something in the meantime. Now, when it is done, you will be asked for how much hard drive space you want your Windows partition to be. I have 500GB and I like using Windows a lot more than Mac but I do have some Logic Pro files that are 80GB big so I use about half of 500GB for my Windows partition. For document editing on Windows, the maximum you will need is probably 50GB for MS Office. Follow on with the installation, the Mac will reboot into the Windows installation disc and now you are on your own. You probably know how to install Windows already. If you do not have a product key just click skip and you can download a crack. (illegal and not promoted, just some advice) When your PC reboots and is done installing, your screen resolution is probably HORRIBLE. You can't change that until you get the drivers. You need to connect your USB and open it. Then select SETUP and continue on installing that, this will take about 10-15 minutes. If the drivers do not work, that means you installed the incorrect version of Windows. (32 bit instead of 64) You have to now reinstall everything, only if you have listened... So now you are set to go, after you get your drivers go to the screen resolutions. To boot back into Windows, on the right bottom corner, right click the grey diamond and select "Restart in OS X." To chose on boot to which one you want, press the option key while booting your computer. The square windows key found on windows computers are the command buttons on the apple-based pcs.
-Windows disc, it can be 7, 8, or 8.1 ONLY 64 bit no 32!
-Bootcamp 5 (newest version)
-USB (more than 4-8GB) for the drivers
This guideline is intended for Mavericks OS (which it's free!) but I think that if you update Bootcamp, you can use this for Lion, Mountain Lion, or other OS X.
First of all, you need to open the disk utility application on Mac and format your USB to FAT so that Windows can read it. The files in the USB will be deleted so keep them safe somewhere else. Now, after you have formatted it, open Bootcamp and make sure you click "download drivers" or something like that. Next, it'll download the drivers to your choice of USB (the formatted one), this will take a while so grab a drink or something in the meantime. Now, when it is done, you will be asked for how much hard drive space you want your Windows partition to be. I have 500GB and I like using Windows a lot more than Mac but I do have some Logic Pro files that are 80GB big so I use about half of 500GB for my Windows partition. For document editing on Windows, the maximum you will need is probably 50GB for MS Office. Follow on with the installation, the Mac will reboot into the Windows installation disc and now you are on your own. You probably know how to install Windows already. If you do not have a product key just click skip and you can download a crack. (illegal and not promoted, just some advice) When your PC reboots and is done installing, your screen resolution is probably HORRIBLE. You can't change that until you get the drivers. You need to connect your USB and open it. Then select SETUP and continue on installing that, this will take about 10-15 minutes. If the drivers do not work, that means you installed the incorrect version of Windows. (32 bit instead of 64) You have to now reinstall everything, only if you have listened... So now you are set to go, after you get your drivers go to the screen resolutions. To boot back into Windows, on the right bottom corner, right click the grey diamond and select "Restart in OS X." To chose on boot to which one you want, press the option key while booting your computer. The square windows key found on windows computers are the command buttons on the apple-based pcs.