• 7 years ago
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    So after using Mac OS X for a bit, I finally installed Deepin Linux and Windows 10 on it, which contrary to what the internet would have you believe, turned out to be a relatively painless process. Linux installed just fine from a USB stick, and made GRUB the default boot manager. Mac OS wasn't auto-detected, but still accessible using the Option key. I manually added it to the boot menu from Linux.

    Then I installed Windows, which was a bit more fiddly. Apparently Macs with optical drives block Windows installs over USB, so I burned it to a disc. Then Windows didn't wanna install as it detected too many primary partitions, so I removed my Linux drive. It installed just fine, but didn't create an EFI partition as it detected one on my Mac drive. This makes it kind of a pain to boot with GRUB, so I switched to rEFInd as my boot manager. Next time I'll just remove all drives before installing Windows.

    In any case, Windows 8.1 and subsequently 10 worked just fine out of the box (only had to download separate audio drivers as the Microsoft drivers made the volume too low). Definitely not something I'm used to as a former XP user. Couldn't even take your PC online without installing drivers first..

    Still don't know what Boot Camp is supposed to do, but it seems pointless as Windows installs and runs just fine without it. With it, I don't think anything higher than Windows 7 is even supported on this machine.
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