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Can I have single boot Windows 10 on an Intel Macbook? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 12 hours ago by notTheCat@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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I have a 2012 Intel Macbook Pro (the version without a dGPU), right now it only has Pop_OS on it, the SSD on the device is only 128GB so I removed the preinstalled macOS, I want to know if I can replace Pop with Windows 10 since the gaming performance is tanked on the old iGPU, looking online I only find articles about dualboot with macOS which I don't want because of the low space, the only worrying thing is Windows doing some voodoo shit ruining essential partitions of the device while installing and maybe incompatibility with Windows boot manager

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

You'd have a better time installing Linux. On that hardware it's been tested many times and is quite lean (as opposed Windows 10). You can also runs decent amount of games by installing steam, lutris, or heroic game launcher.

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[–] notTheCat@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It already runs Linux, but the GPU is suffering when it comes to run games with proton/wine, even 2003 games are running poorly, what makes Windows a bad option for that hardware?

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

First, I don't know of an option to install windows directly on a Mac. Microsoft says to use "Boot Camp Assistant" which, as far as I understand, is a VM. Second, windows is heavier than Linux in terms of consumption and resources.

If your mac is struggling with linux, my advice is to try a different and lightweight desktop environment (xfce, lxde, ...), or get new hardware. Linux is about the lightest thing you can throw on there.

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[–] SteveTech@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Nah, bootcamp assistant is Apple's dual boot setup tool, it is a native install, but it has to be started from MacOS.

[–] notTheCat@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh Linux runs great on it, but gaming doesn't, the translation layer overhead and poor Vulkan support are the drawbacks here, I could run emulated games pretty well using the same hardware