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| 1463208 | 2019-08-21 03:08:00 | Hi guys, Which version of Win 10 do I choose when I download the ISO File onto my Mac using Bootcamp? TIA. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1463209 | 2019-08-21 03:30:00 | I dont think you can download an ISO directly anymore , unless from a bogus 3rd party website You download the media creation tool. Create a 64bit ISO or USB installer with that tool . You'll need a PC (not Mac) to run the tool I presume www.microsoft.com You'll also need to buy a Win10 license (and get the install key) . :) Win10 can be installed & run without a key, for some time and some minor limitations |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1463210 | 2019-08-21 04:10:00 | It is still possible to download the Win10 ISO ... I did so recently to clean install on a new SSD for my brother's PC which had a Win7 Pro licence already. It activated automatically with that. Download from here (Microsoft site): www.microsoft.com I'd just download the latest May 2019 version (it should be 1903). |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 1463211 | 2019-08-21 05:17:00 | You can download the ISO as normal, ( as linked by others) found a video on using bootcamp ( just in case) never tried it but if all goes well it looks simple enough :) www.youtube.com The other way of course is to use a VM (Virtual Machine) on the MAC and run Windows from within that. That way you can have both OS's running at the same time. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1463212 | 2019-08-21 08:14:00 | Yep, done it ok, was a bit tricky but all sussed out now. :clap Thanks for all the tips! LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1463213 | 2019-08-21 22:15:00 | You do need a valid license key to activate it, and you would download and install the version that matches that license key. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1463214 | 2019-08-21 23:57:00 | Yes, I will activate it later on when I can afford it, and if I decide to keep it on there. :) I won't be using it for a lot of things, so I only allowed 250 GBs on the Bootcamp partition. It's a lot of fun having dual boot on the iMac. Quite a few years ago I had a MacBook and put Win XP on it, that was really easy, but Win 10 didn't want to play nice on this new machine. At first I thought I'd really screwed up the install, as It wouldn't let me switch back into Mac OS. Turns out the Bootcamp uses a slightly different way of doing it. Anyway, all good now, except that Win 10 is much slower loading. LL |
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