A few days have passed since the release of the new Microsoft operating system, Windows 10, and the arrival of an update to the Windows installation assistant on a Mac, Boot Camp. We can anticipate that Apple already has version six of this assistant ready with which Finally, Windows 10 will be able to run without any compatibility problem on an Apple computer.
The update we are talking about has been published in a document of Apple database support where the different options you have are explained to you to install Windows 10 and how to do it. At any rate and our partner Jordi told us a few days ago how to do the whole process.
Those from Cupertino know that there are many users who need to use Windows on their Macs either because they do not want to abandon that platform altogether or because they have applications that today, and oddly enough, do not versions have been released for the operating system of Apple computers. On the other hand, the version that existed of Boot Camp gave compatibility errors that are now fixed.
Now in order to fix that Apple has released a Boot Camp update to version 6 adding a Windows 10 compatibility list of the following Macs:
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2012)
- MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2015)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2014)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Early 2014)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2013)
- MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012)
- MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
- iMac (Retina 5k, 27-inch, Mid 2015)
- iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2014)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2013)
- iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
- iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012)
- Mac mini (Late 2014)
- Mac miniServer (Late 2012)
- Mac mini (Late 2012)
- Mac Pro (Late 2013)
Finally, let you know that this version of Boot Camp 6 includes support for:
- USB 3
- USB-C for the MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015)
- Thunderbolt
- Internal SD SDXC card reader
- Internal or USB Apple SuperDrive recorder
- Apple keyboard, trackpad and mouse
It is interesting to mention that windows 10 can be installed on Macbooks prior to 2012, in fact I have it on my macbook unibody white 2010, installing bootcamp 4 in compatibility mode, I just had to download the nvidia drivers from their website, it runs very well and stable.