Hi, did anybody try to install windows 8.1 on an imac mid 2007?

hi, did anybody try to install windows 8.1 on an imac mid 2007? is it absolutely impossible? Thank you V

if it is not supported then you can always install windows8.1 in a virtual machine if you don't need to play 3d games is have enough memory in your mac then that is just as good

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