Putting Windows 8.1 onto Late Macbook Pro using bootcamp
I am trying to install Windows 8.1 on on MBP, and am having no luck even getting bootcamp assistant to run correctly. It will tell me that I can only run Windows 7 on my machine, yet it tells me that it is unable to find the Windows 7 support software. Any ideas? Here are my specs:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP51.007E.B06
your machine doesn't support any flavor of windows 8/8.1, see here
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5634
you need a mid 2010 or newer, and yours is either a 2008 or 2009
http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=MacBookPro5,1
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