Win8 Pro 64 or Win7 Pro 64: Configuring W530 for AutoCAD LT 2013/2014
Hi all,
Can those with experience with the W530 chime in on this issue? I'm looking at the W530 primarily for 2D drafting and some light photoshop work.
Which version of Windows would work better my case? Currently using Win 7 Pro 32 with AutoCAD 2010 so I'm leaning towards Win7.
Thanks for any input!
Thanks for the information!
I also suceeded after I did the following steps.
I booted into Mac OS X and launched Boot Camp Assistant.
From there I selected Copy Windows ISO image to a USB drive. Then I selected the Windows 8 ISO image after I copied it to my Mac partition. It then did its magic and I ended up with a USB drive called WININSTALL.
Then I booted back to Windows 7, launched the USB drive window and double clicked on setup.exe
Voila! Windows 8 Installer proceeds with the installation, with Apple Boot Camp drivers installed automatically as well and the Mac no longer freezes at the Personalise screen.
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