Is there a workaround for installing Windows 8 on a Mid-2010 Macbook?

Question

Hi there!
I've been digging and digging and digging trying to find a work-around for this issue I'm having. I bought Windows 8 without first checking to see if my Macbook would be compatible with running both OSX and Windows 8... Stupid move #1 because it's not supported in the mid-2010 Macbooks.
I have found a couple slightly outdated threads about how you can edit your plist file in the Boot Camp contents folder but every time I have tried this, Bootcamp crashes. Fortunately for me I kept a backup of the plist file so Bootcamp is in fact still working at this point but I obviously can't install Windows 8 still. (Ignore my last comment in the thread, I fixed it)
I have expanded my Macbook to a 1TB H-SSD and it has 8GB of RAM. I SHOULD be able to run Windows 8 and I'm pretty upset that I can't at this point.
Here is the previous thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5164969 (Ignore my last comment in the thread, I fixed it)
I'm thinking I can probably still get around my issue by using the plist file I just don't know anything about how that kind of stuff works.
Anyone have any suggestions?

Answer 1

You could look into the specs required to use Parallels or other
virtualization VMware Fusion to see what they require to work.
They too may be unable to support Windows 8.x version if the
hardware in the computer is not capable of running it. So the
answer may be to look for an older Windows, due to hardware.
http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/
http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion
•Apple - Support - BootCamp:
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Not sure if some tweak to BootCamp is the answer to hardware.
A change to a preference file (plist) may not be an answer there.
There may be a way in Terminal to modify how some things work;
but that is a topic outside a basic MacBooks/BootCamp discussion.
You may look into the BootCamp topics to see if someone has a
similar inquiry posted there.
Good luck & happy computing!