About Boot Camp and Windows 7

  • Last Modified: October 22, 2009
  • Article: HT3920

Summary

Apple will support Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate) with Boot Camp in Mac OS X Snow Leopard before the end of the year. This support will require a software update to Boot Camp.

Products Affected

Portable Computers, Desktop Computers

Requirements:
In addition to the Boot Camp update, you will need the following:

    • Your own authentic copy of Microsoft Windows 7 or Microsoft Windows 7 upgrade

    • An Intel-based Mac computer
   
     Note: The following models will not be supported for use with Windows 7 using Boot Camp.

        iMac (17-inch, Early 2006) 
        iMac (17-inch, Late 2006) 
        iMac (20-inch, Early 2006
        iMac (20-inch, Late 2006) 
        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2006)
        MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2006)
        MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2006) 
        MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2006) 
        Mac Pro (Mid 2006, Intel Xeon Dual-core 2.66GHz or 3GHz) 
 

Important: Information about products not manufactured by Apple is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute Apple’s recommendation or endorsement. Please contact the vendor for additional information.

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