After years and years of trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it? Please do follow Dan's suggestions for any of the problems anybody seeing this forum faces. Dan has been of great help and very knowledgeable, just that, my mini does not like Mac OS and refuses to install (this is just a joke as I do not know what the actual issue is)
Firstly, I read way too many forums on how to install windows on a mac and one of the most common problems after the installation was, after windows would download drivers and restart, the mac would not give any output. It would just be a blank screen. The most common solution for this was to use a bootable DVD, and since this machine originally supported windows 7, I made a bootable DVD of windows 7 and booted the mac off of it. After the installation process, first thing I did was to install all the bootcamp drivers and et voila, there it was, a fully working windows 7 which would boot any number of times without any problems. The next problem, was that, windows 7 is not supported anymore, so I used the windows 10 installation media and upgraded my mac to windows 10. And before rebooting I let windows find the graphics drivers for this machine and let it install completely and after a reboot, the resolution and the display was absolutely perfect. All the drivers of the mac were working except the bluetooth driver, which I fixed using the Driver Easy software and updated any outdated driver and there it was, my bluetooth started working. Just to make one thing clear, that windows is using the nvidia geforce 320m gpu to display its output and both HDMI and the thunderbolt VGA outputs work which shows, that my GPU is not faulty. Another problem I faced, was that windows 10 was very slow on this machine, so I decided to follow some youtube tutorials to debloat windows 10, and believe me when I say this, it created a night and day difference on how this mac performs. Before debloating, the cpu and hard disk were constantly between 90% and 100% but after debloating, both of them dropped to lower 50's.
Very happy with how this turned out, and.. I am glad all the perseverance and hard work paid off!
I am one happy Apple user, using windows 10 on a Mac Mini.
It does not get better than this.
If anybody needs any help installing windows on their Mac Mini mid 2010, please feel free to ask any question and I will gladly oblige.
This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life ahead!
After years and years of trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it? Please do follow Dan's suggestions for any of the problems anybody seeing this forum faces. Dan has been of great help and very knowledgeable, just that, my mini does not like Mac OS and refuses to install (this is just a joke as I do not know what the actual issue is)
Firstly, I read way too many forums on how to install windows on a mac and one of the most common problems after the installation was, after windows would download drivers and restart, the mac would not give any output. It would just be a blank screen. The most common solution for this was to use a bootable DVD, and since this machine originally supported windows 7, I made a bootable DVD of windows 7 and booted the mac off of it. After the installation process, first thing I did was to install all the bootcamp drivers and et voila, there it was, a fully working windows 7 which would boot any number of times without any problems. The next problem, was that, windows 7 is not supported anymore, so I used the windows 10 installation media and upgraded my mac to windows 10. And before rebooting I let windows find the graphics drivers for this machine and let it install completely and after a reboot, the resolution and the display was absolutely perfect. All the drivers of the mac were working except the bluetooth driver, which I fixed using the Driver Easy software and updated any outdated driver and there it was, my bluetooth started working. Just to make one thing clear, that windows is using the nvidia geforce 320m gpu to display its output and both HDMI and the thunderbolt VGA outputs work which shows, that my GPU is not faulty. Another problem I faced, was that windows 10 was very slow on this machine, so I decided to follow some youtube tutorials to debloat windows 10, and believe me when I say this, it created a night and day difference on how this mac performs. Before debloating, the cpu and hard disk were constantly between 90% and 100% but after debloating, both of them dropped to lower 50's.
Very happy with how this turned out, and.. I am glad all the perseverance and hard work paid off!
I am one happy Apple user, using windows 10 on a Mac Mini.
It does not get better than this.
If anybody needs any help installing windows on their Mac Mini mid 2010, please feel free to ask any question and I will gladly oblige.
This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life ahead!
After years and years of trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it? Please do follow Dan's suggestions for any of the problems anybody seeing this forum faces. Dan has been of great help and very knowledgeable, just that, my mini does not like Mac OS and refuses to install (this is just a joke as I do not know what the actual issue is)
Firstly, I read way too many forums on how to install windows on a mac and one of the most common problems after the installation was, after windows would download drivers and restart, the mac would not give any output. It would just be a blank screen. The most common solution for this was to use a bootable DVD, and since this machine originally supported windows 7, I made a bootable DVD of windows 7 and booted the mac off of it. After the installation process, first thing I did was to install all the bootcamp drivers and et voila, there it was, a fully working windows 7 which would boot any number of times without any problems. The next problem, was that, windows 7 is not supported anymore, so I used the windows 10 installation media and upgraded my mac to windows 10. And before rebooting I let windows find the graphics drivers for this machine and let it install completely and after a reboot, the resolution and the display was absolutely perfect. All the drivers of the mac were working except the bluetooth driver, which I fixed using the Driver Easy software and updated any outdated driver and there it was, my bluetooth started working. Just to make one thing clear, that windows is using the nvidia geforce 320m gpu to display its output and both HDMI and the thunderbolt VGA outputs work which shows, that my GPU is not faulty. Another problem I faced, was that windows 10 was very slow on this machine, so I decided to follow some youtube tutorials to debloat windows 10, and believe me when I say this, it created a night and day difference on how this mac performs. Before debloating, the cpu and hard disk were constantly between 90% and 100% but after debloating, both of them dropped to lower 50's.
Very happy with how this turned out, and.. I am glad all the perseverance and hard work paid off!
I am one happy Apple user, using windows 10 on a Mac Mini.
It does not get better than this.
If anybody needs any help installing windows on their Mac Mini mid 2010, please feel free to ask any question and I will gladly oblige.
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This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life!
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This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life ahead!
After years and years if trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it?
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After years and years of trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it? Please do follow Dan's suggestions for any of the problems anybody seeing this forum faces. Dan has been of great help and very knowledgeable, just that, my mini does not like Mac OS and refuses to install (this is just a joke as I do not know what the actual issue is)
Firstly, I read way too many forums on how to install windows on a mac and one of the most common problems after the installation was, after windows would download drivers and restart, the mac would not give any output. It would just be a blank screen. The most common solution for this was to use a bootable DVD, and since this machine originally supported windows 7, I made a bootable DVD of windows 7 and booted the mac off of it. After the installation process, first thing I did was to install all the bootcamp drivers and et voila, there it was, a fully working windows 7 which would boot any number of times without any problems. The next problem, was that, windows 7 is not supported anymore, so I used the windows 10 installation media and upgraded my mac to windows 10. And before rebooting I let windows find the graphics drivers for this machine and let it install completely and after a reboot, the resolution and the display was absolutely perfect. All the drivers of the mac were working except the bluetooth driver, which I fixed using the Driver Easy software and updated any outdated driver and there it was, my bluetooth started working. Just to make one thing clear, that windows is using the nvidia geforce 320m gpu to display its output and both HDMI and the thunderbolt VGA outputs work which shows, that my GPU is not faulty. Another problem I faced, was that windows 10 was very slow on this machine, so I decided to follow some youtube tutorials to debloat windows 10, and believe me when I say this, it created a night and day difference on how this mac performs. Before debloating, the cpu and hard disk were constantly between 90% and 100% but after debloating, both of them dropped to lower 50's.
Very happy with how this turned out, and.. I am glad all the perseverance and hard work paid off!
I am one happy Apple user, using windows 10 on a Mac Mini.
It does not get better than this.
If anybody needs any help installing windows on their Mac Mini mid 2010, please feel free to ask any question and I will gladly oblige.
This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life!
After years and years if trying to install any OS on my mac mini, I finally succeeded in installing windows 10 on it. It feels surreal to be honest. I am writing this comment on my Mac Mini using an apple keyboard and it absolutely does not get better than this. Yes, I would have preferred Mac OS on my mac, but I am more than happy that I got windows to work on it and I am elated by this machine's performance. How did I do it?
Firstly, I read way too many forums on how to install windows on a mac and one of the most common problems after the installation was, after windows would download drivers and restart, the mac would not give any output. It would just be a blank screen. The most common solution for this was to use a bootable DVD, and since this machine originally supported windows 7, I made a bootable DVD of windows 7 and booted the mac off of it. After the installation process, first thing I did was to install all the bootcamp drivers and et voila, there it was, a fully working windows 7 which would boot any number of times without any problems. The next problem, was that, windows 7 is not supported anymore, so I used the windows 10 installation media and upgraded my mac to windows 10. And before rebooting I let windows find the graphics drivers for this machine and let it install completely and after a reboot, the resolution and the display was absolutely perfect. All the drivers of the mac were working except the bluetooth driver, which I fixed using the Driver Easy software and updated any outdated driver and there it was, my bluetooth started working. Just to make one thing clear, that windows is using the nvidia geforce 320m gpu to display its output and both HDMI and the thunderbolt VGA outputs work which shows, that my GPU is not faulty. Another problem I faced, was that windows 10 was very slow on this machine, so I decided to follow some youtube tutorials to debloat windows 10, and believe me when I say this, it created a night and day difference on how this mac performs. Before debloating, the cpu and hard disk were constantly between 90% and 100% but after debloating, both of them dropped to lower 50's.
Very happy with how this turned out, and.. I am glad all the perseverance and hard work paid off!
I am one happy Apple user, using windows 10 on a Mac Mini.
It does not get better than this.
If anybody needs any help installing windows on their Mac Mini mid 2010, please feel free to ask any question and I will gladly oblige.
This has been an amazing journey, and this Mac has many more years of life!