Running Windows is officially supported by Apple, yes most guides use bootcamp to set it up, but you should be able to create an install drive like a normal PC and boot from it by holding Option/Alt as you press the power button. Mac's usually just use EFI like any modern PC under the hood.
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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.
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?
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.
Nah, bootcamp assistant is Apple's dual boot setup tool, it is a native install, but it has to be started from MacOS.
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