![]() If you have an idea about how to fix these issues, please reply to this thread. You don't want to risk destroying a perfectly good computer. The lesson? Don't install Windows 10 on unsupported devices. I know I've tried.Īfter struggling with this experiment for a few days, I decided to wipe its hard drive. None of these issues happen with Ubuntu or macOS. Interestingly, although BootCamp seems to reboot the machine in legacy BIOS mode to install Win7, I was able to install Win10 from a flash drive in the Mac's EFI (not UEFI) boot mode. It seems as if Win10 doesn't know it's running on a laptop and puts the fans and CPU at full power, draining the battery along with it. Even after fixing the graphics card issue, the machine would randomly overheat and shut down. If a new version of macOS might make performance significantly worse, Apple could decide to drop support for that model. Apple doesnt share why it decides to exclude a Mac from a major release, but performance likely plays a big part in the decision. That means no multitouch trackpad, so say goodbye to multitouch gestures! I used a mouse instead. Option 2: Install an Unsupported macOS Release Anyway. Apple's BootCamp drivers do NOT work with Windows 10 they crash the machine on startup. This forced Windows to use the generic Microsoft Display Driver on normal boot. I decided to go into safe mode and disable the graphics card in Device Manager. The machine shuts off while booting due to NVIDIA's graphics drivers (which were installed on the first boot of Win10). Windows 10 works, with a few major issues: This may be overly simplistic, but it’s reasonable.I said that Win10 didn't work on my old Late 2010 11" MacBook Air, but I believe the explanation merits a new thread. While I have never had a situation that made me think VMware wasn’t completely dedicated to supporting and continuing support for Fusion or Fusion Player, common sense tells me that if their business ever has to cut back to reduce costs, their products that have no direct contribution to sales numbers are most at risk of being abandoned. VMware Fusion is an outstanding product, but if they are able to give it away for free to a lot of users they are likely making the majority of their money on other parts of their business to be able to afford to offer it for free. You know that you’re getting a product that has a dedicated team behind it. It’s a great product with a great support team behind it. If you are invested in Parallels and if it’s working out for you the yearly upgrade cost is probably still well worth it, especially if you rely on it for your business or personal productivity. So why use Parallels? Well, Fusion Player worked out great for me because I was already invested in VMware on both the Mac and PC. I previously paid the upgrade price for the inevitable Fusion yearly upgrade linked to every new macOS version, but since I was using it for personal use I was able to move to VMware Fusion Player with zero loss of functionality and no longer have to pay the upgrade price. If you prefer Parallels to VMware Fusion, and if you qualify for the free version (honor system), it costs you nothing other than your time to give VMware Fusion Player a look. There is also a paid Fusion Pro version that has additional features. The only limitation is that it’s limited to non-commercial use only. ![]() The “Player” version of VMware Fusion, unlike the Windows “Player” product version, has the same feature set as the standard version of Fusion, including snapshots. On M1/M2 Macs you are limited to ARM64 versions of Windows, which is also true of Parallels on Apple Silicon. On Intel Macs you can also create Linux VMs. Yes, VMware Fusion lets you create Windows VMs. Just a reminder that VMware Fusion can be had for free:
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