In addition, just because the Windows 7 installation is 64-bit doesn't mean your hardware model is supported by Boot Camp Support Software, and this is confirmed by the table here which shows your Macbook (late 2006) model is not supported for 64-bit Windows 7, only 32-bit AND version 4 of the Windows Support Software. I'm not much familiar with Boot Camp, but it seems the Boot Camp Windows drivers package(s) for your Macbook hardware are meant to be installed by the Boot Camp Support Software, but not manually. Didn't know if this was appropriate for the Windows thread or Mac.? I have not tried the drivers from this one as it had me slightly worried although I guess the worse it would do is just quit without doing anything.Īny help would be appreciated, and any driver downloads or other work-arounds (such as manually mapping the media keys on the keyboard) would be just as fine! Thanks! I attempted the same thing with the 4.0 Boot Camp, but ran into "Boot Camp 圆4 is unsupported on this computer model" which is hilarious because this is clearly an 圆4 machine (since Windows 圆4 is currently running on it). The audio is still not working, the mouse refuses to acknowledge multi-touch (which means I can only left click, which is very annoying), and the keyboard won't use the usual shortcuts such as volume and brightness. I decided I would try to manually install the drivers as it came with the zip file, but none of them are actually doing anything. However, when I run Setup it comes up with an error saying "This version of Boot Camp is not intended for this computer model". I downloaded Apple's recommended Boot Camp 4.1 drivers for the system. I did this because I've heard people have issues with memory allocation and other strange crashes. However, there's quite a few issues that I am having, and all stem from driver problems.Īs I stated, I was able to get the computer operational (I'm typing this out on the laptop now actually) with Windows 7 without using Boot Camp, although it was a chore. Windows 10 pricing has not been unveiled, but it will be a free upgrade for Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 users.I recently got Windows 7 64-bit to install and run on a Macbook 2,1 2006 Core 2 Duo laptop (model A1181). Windows 10, coming later this year, may encourage stalwart Windows 7 users to upgrade, as it melds Windows 7 design elements with Windows 8 design elements for a happy medium that might satisfy a wide range of tastes. Windows users have not yet embraced Windows 8 due to both its cost and its interface, which deviated significantly from the design of Windows 7. Mac users were not happy with Apple's decision to cease Windows 7 support in the Mac Pro, and it's likely the dropped support in the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro will also be met with resistance. Despite being six years old, Windows 7 continues to be the most heavily used Windows-based operating system. Windows 7 first became available to the public in 2009 and was followed by Windows 8 in 2012. It is not surprising that Apple has opted to phase out support for Windows 7, given its advanced age. Though Boot Camp no longer supports Windows 7, the operating system can continue to be used on these newer machines with virtualization software like VMware Fusion and Parallels. The 2014 MacBook Air and the 2014 MacBook Pro will be the last Apple notebooks that support Windows 7. Boot Camp on the new notebooks only works with Windows 8 or later, so it is impossible to use Boot Camp to install Windows 7 on the machines.įor those unfamiliar with Boot Camp, it is Apple's software designed to allow Mac users to install Microsoft Windows on their machines.Īpple also dropped Windows 7 Boot Camp support in the 2013 Mac Pro, suggesting the software would cease to be supported by future Macs, but Macs released in 2014 continued to offer Windows 7 installations. Apple's newly refreshed MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro models no longer support running Windows 7 with Boot Camp, according to Apple's Boot Camp support document.
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