Currently Im using Parallels 10 which came free with my computer You said in an earlier note, note: you need a windows computer to make the windows 7 bootable USB.
Drivers From BootcampI researched a bit and found some information on other posts that in order to run a 32-bit i need to update the drivers from bootcamp 4.0 however, before i even start to install Windows my bootcamp assistant comes up with this image.Windows 7 32-bit is not compatible with bootcamp 5.x or 6.x (the bootcamp versions that you can use on your machine).Bootcamp is obviously not going to work here so there are the steps. The other should be free space where you will install windows later so chose the correct size (at least 20 gb is recommended). When it comes to the drive selection for installation choose create new volume and increase the size to maximum (this is the volume you freed up in step 4). You can try and find some bootcamp drivers that work with your machine but i dont know where to find them. 64 Bits And YouYour mac supports 64 bits and you have at least 8 gb of ram which nullifies the reasons for 32-bit versions. Installing a 32-bit version of windows will only allow the use of 2gb of ram and leave the rest of your ram unavailable. It is possible to install a 32-bit version of windows as I have accidentally done myself on the same macbook that you have. If you still insist on installing a 32-bit version of windows please reply here. The restriction on the ram and resolution will be annoying but I could make do for now, the macbook has 16GB of RAM so that would seem pretty silly however I was just going to trial it and see how it goes and if it works well then Ill consider buying the 64-bit version too. In the end I just bought a new copy of windows 7 ultimate 64 bit and it worked a charm. Only issue now is trying to find the drivers that support my graphics card. I ran the windows performance tool and scored very high in evertyhing except graphics and I did a little research and apparently its because I havent downloaded drivers to support windows 7. If under display adapters it says: generic display adapter then indeed you are missing your graphics driver. ![]() If that still does not work go to device manager again, right click on the generic display adapter and see if your computer can install the correct driver on its own. If you still run into trouble, please report back here Cheerio. I want to run 32 bit Windows 7 because some of the Windows programs I want to run wont run on the 64 bit application.
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