Can Windows 8 be installed on Mac OS X Leopard?

I'm tryina boot camp my Mac with Windows 8. I'm currently running on OS X Leopard. I seem to be repeatedly running into problems and most searches are just turning up that apparently Vista was the latest Windows type to run on Leopard. Is this really the case? Do I need to upgrade to Mountain Lion to get Windows 8 running?

Upgrade to 10.7 or 10.8, and remember that Windows 8 is unreleased so there is no support from Apple or Microsoft yet, Win 7 drivers may or may not work.

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X on startup
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and
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4087200?start=0&tstart=0
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So I recently bought a new Imac (the one without the optical drive), but my OS is still Mountain Lion.
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I was also thinking that only the App Store can download it.
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After booting back on the Apple side, the disk utility shows the partition as being there formatted as a FAT install.
Apple has an update release with the 10.8.3 version of OS X that says this bug has been addressed and should now work.
I would greatly appreciate some help.

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Just bought a G7000-00131 which has Windows 8 installed.
In the shop they told me that W8 just has a different start-screen as W7, but after leaving this initial screen,
it would be exactly the same as W7.
Well... no way !
I do not feel much like getting acquainted with the W8 philosophy, I like to start using my new Lenovo asap.
So I am thinking of installing W7 to replace W8.
Only, I heard that this could be a problem with a 3-rd generation Intel i7 processor.
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Solved!
Go to Solution.

hi Old-timer,
Welcome to the Forums.
AFAIK, you won't have problems installing Win7 on a 3rd gen i7 processor but you will need to change some settings in the BIOS if it doesn't install Windows 7 install in UEFI Mode (see this guide).
To install Windows 7 in Legacy mode you will need to:
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UEFI = Disabled or Legacy
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Security Tab:
Secure Boot = Disabled (if applicable)
Exit Tab:
OS Optimized Defaults = Other OS or Disabled (if applicable)
3. After changing the settings, press F10 to save and exit BIOS and proceed to install Windows 7.
I recommend you make a clone / backup copy first of your system so you can re-install the OS just in case.
Hope this helps
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I tried searching the forum but I couldn´t seem to find someone with the exact same problem as me.
Yesterday I bought Snow Leopard and tried installing it on my 13" Macbook Pro. Everything went fine and it´s running ok, except from the fact that I can´t update it. Software update will ask me to install pack 10.6.2 but I click install and it doesn´t run.
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