Windows 7 is well over five years old, and mainstream support has already ended. Of course, security updates will continue to be released for years to come, but I’d say you’re likely to get better performance and a better experience with Windows 8.1. The “start screen” is really the only interface that, in my view, you might find intimidating. Aside from that, you basically can use Windows and your desktop apps precisely as you did before. You can ignore the Windows Store and the new “modern apps” entirely if you don’t like them. Microsoft has a support page dedicated to Boot Camp with a link to where you can buy Windows from the Microsoft Store. They actually still refer to “Windows 7” on that page, but the link takes you to an order page for Windows 8.1. Here is the link: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2647609
If you really and truly want Windows 7, retail copies are no longer being sold and haven’t been for years but you could do a Google search for ideas. Certainly, if you already have a retail license, you’re permitted to transfer it to another PC. Apple has a detailed support page on Boot Camp which I would recommend perusing, as the instructions for what to do will differ if your Macbook Pro is an older model of computer. On modern Macs, you can simply run the Boot Camp Assistant app from the Finder, by pressing CMD+SHIFT+A to bring up the Applications folder, selecting Utilities folder, then running Boot Camp Assistant. It’ll guide you through creating a USB drive with Windows and the appropriate support software that lets Windows run on Mac hardware. You’ll have to have the Windows installation file in .ISO format, which you can download during the order process. The Boot Camp Assistant will assist you in repartitioning your hard drive, so there’s an extra partition for Windows, of the size you specify. You will then boot into the Windows Installer, which isn’t too intimidating these days. Simply select the “Boot Camp” partition created earlier, let Windows format it, then install Windows to that partition as you normally would. Sighted help would be important here, as the Windows installer doesn’t speak and there’s no audio support until the very end. Of course, this is hardly a detailed set of instructions, so let us know if you need further clarification on anything. If you’re only going to do this once, or occasionally, an assistant might make the process easier. Here is the link to everything Boot Camp on Apple’s website: https://www.apple.com/ca/support/bootcamp/ Grant On May 12, 2015, at 10:35 PM, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com> wrote: Hi everyone, so I’m to the point where my main windows machine is nearing it’s end, and I need to set up windows on my mac book pro. Can someone send me step by step instructions in how one might set up windows on bootcamp? I also do not really know where to purchase windows seven which is what I want to run on my mac so if anyone could direct me me to where I can purchase it would be much appreciated as well. I’ve never done this before so detailed instructions are welcome. Thank you for your time in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
