Windows 7 slower on Macbook Pro 8,2 vs MacBook 4,1
So I've owned 2 Apple laptops which have been the only 2 laptops I've ever owned. One is an Early-2008 black MacBook (4,1 I think) and my current laptop which is a Late-2011 MacBook Pro (8,2). After getting my MacBook Pro I gave my parents my old black MacBook (which I will refer to as a "BlackBook" from now on). This was around November/December of 2011.
Fast forward to now. My MacBook Pro now has a 120 GB SSD that replaced my optical drive as well as a 1 TB HDD and 16 GB of RAM. The BlackBook still has the 2 GB of RAM it came with but I upgraded it's 250 GB HDD with the 500 HDD from my MacBook Pro. My mom is currently taking classes at a community college regaurding Microsoft Office 2010, so natrually my mom asked me to install Windows 7 and Office 2010 on the BlackBook. Luckily I had 2 Windows 7 keys that I recived from my school. So I installed the 32 bit version of W7 on the BlackBook and all is well.
The problem is the speed of W7 on my MBP compared to the BlackBook. Allow me to go into detail about that.
The W7 disk I have has the installation files for both 32 and 64 bit of W7 (tbh, I bootlegged the disk since I had the keys so I don't know if that's normal or not). Since an internal optical drive is required to install Windows through Bootcamp and all that jazz, I took out my HDD from my MBP and put it in my friends MBP (which is one year older and only has 4 GB of RAM) to install the 64 bit version of W7. Once the installation was done, I popped the HDD back into my MBP to install all the drivers and such. I then installed Google Chrome, Steam, Skype, Visual Studio, and a few games and other applications. By the time Windows was all set up, I still had about 30 GB/500 GB of space on my Windows partition.
Now when you compare the boot up times between my MBP and the BlackBook, W7 loads a bit faster on the BlackBook (and neither laptops get stuck on the black blinking screen, I did that the bootloader/MBR stuff). Also, once you are logged on to both computers you can notice a bit of lag on my MBP. Google Chrome opens and runs way smoother on the BlackBook. Obviously my MBP plays games better, but programs such as Word, Chrome, and even Skype are a lot snappy-er on the BlackBook.
So yeah, that's all I got. You'd think that my MBP would out perform the BlackBook, but I guess not. Any insight and/or advice would be appriciated. Thank you!
If your MacBook pro has an Intel 64 bit CPU you will be fine. I was running XP 64 bit on my MacBook pro 5,1 but now I’m running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. All is running just fine and all the drivers came of the Snow Leopard DVD.
Similar Messages
-
How do I install windows from USB on Macbook pro 3,1
How do I install windows from USB on Macbook pro 3,1 ?
My Superdrive is far from super anymore, So I managed to make an extern drive with both Snow Leopard Partition, Lion Partition (Since I thought Boot Camp 4,1 would bypass my problem), and Time Machine partition, Since I got 1. USB drive that works.
- My general issue is that Boot camp Refuse to see the USB drive - (Many "how to"´s though show how they install windows perfectly through the USB port, but they use airbooks!, and somehow the Macbook will not ?)
I fix that issue with >> rEFIt <<, that suddenly makes it possible for the Mac to see the USB drive, and partitions.
Which was very strange since I could use an extern HD with the whole installation to start up wipe the whole disk, and then use my extern drive with partitions to install Snow Leopard and get everything as before with timemachine. Very smart with timemachine, but very lucky that I have a extern drive that runs the whole system and that I made the partitionsdrive before. DVD-drives are the past!
Point: So the original system could see the Snow Leopard installation USB disk, but boot camp cannot find the USB drive ?????????
After rEFIt I booted and then I got this error:
Starting bootmgr.efi
Error: Unsupported while loading bootmgr.efi
I read it could be a problem with the Windows software, so I purchased an extern DVD drive, Used Disk Utility to make an image (.DMG), then used another program to convert the .dmg to .ISO.
Then downloaded a trialversion of vmWare fusion, and installed windows from the iso. Everything worked brilliant, except and that is why I want to use boot camp, Running windows in another program while running the mac system is a little hacky and slow.
Point: Nothing is wrong with the windows software, and windows runs fine.
I then downloaded the Windows DVD / USB Tool, reformatted a USB drive as Master Boot Partition, MS-Dos Fat partition, then after lots of struggling got Vmware, windows to recognise the USB drive. And installed the windows software on the USB drive, as all the walkthroughs recommend.
Then I tried for "fun"! to just install windows form the extern USB drive, and with rEFIt it will see the drive and start to do something, but then when it starts to boot, the screen just turns into black and nothing happens, and you can see the drive does NOTHING. (I think it is because I only have 1 USB drive and the Extern DVD drive does not get enough power, but again the mac refuse to see the USB drive unless it is a Snow Leopard installation USB-drive!
Well trying to install Windows Ultimate 64 Bit, which worked great in vmware, because that program installed from the .ISO file that I had on the desktop, but trying with Boot Camp did not get anywhere, what kind of **** program is this boot camp anyway!?, but then I try the new USB disk with windows made from windows, thorugh rEFIt, it sees the disk and then starts and then I get this ERROR:
rEFIt - Booting Legacy OS
Starting legacy loader
Using load option ´USB´
Error: Not found returned from legacy loader
Error: Not found from LocateDevicePath
(x 9 times)
Error: Load Error while (re)opening our installation volume
The firmware refused to boot from the selected volume. Note that external hard drives are not well-supported by Apple´s firmware for legacy OS booting
(Hey Apple please send out a updated firmware that fix this issue?!)
So how do I do it ? - or is the only option to fix the partition running the system from the extern disk. Format the whole drive in 2 from the "bottom" and install windows and then afterwards install Mac on the other partition ? Or just run windows on the mac and forget about mac software ? What a stupid solution...There are strings in the pliist file to add other Macs so that you can use some USB-DVD drives.
This is 5 page thread, so a little more 'meat' to it:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3410900?start=60&tstart=0
And on PC booting Windows from a USB DVD to do the install is usually a piece of cake, sometimes you just need to specify that USB in the BIOS boot order and sometimes select via F12 (or another Fkey) and that is it.
What you have here seems to be everything and everyone is excluded unless there is a mac-model device ID string that specifies yes. An unnecessary hurdle. -
Its all in the title. I am trying to use bootcamp to download windows 7 on my macbook pro mountain lion, but I keep getting this error. I tried going to Disk Utility, and my active volume already is formatted under Mac OS Extended (Journaled), so I don't know how to fix it. I already backed up the volume on an external harddrive. Also, everything under the volume I wanted to edit is greyed out, and when I try to restore the backup that I created via time machine, it pops up with another error that says "Could not unmount volume "/" (Resource Busy).
Please be gentle, I'm used to using windows and don't know like anything about computers. If someone could give me a detailed explanation for these errors and a solution of how I could correctly download windows on my mac I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!Try a restart.
If that doesn't fix the problem, shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application unistaller. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
Safe Mode
Safe Mode - About
General information.
Isolating issues in Mac OS X
Troubleshooting Permission Issues
Step by Step to Fix Your Mac -
How do I run Windows software on my MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks
How do I run Windows software on my MacBook Pro with OS X Mavericks? I want to run a TurboTax program to amend an old tax return. Program is not available for OSX.
Windows on Intel Macs
There are presently several alternatives for running Windows on Intel Macs.
Install the Apple Boot Camp software. Purchase Windows 7 or Windows 8. Follow instructions in the Boot Camp documentation on installation of Boot Camp, creating Driver CD, and installing Windows. Boot Camp enables you to boot the computer into OS X or Windows.
Parallels Desktop for Mac and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. Parallels is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
VM Fusion and Windows XP, Vista Business, Vista Ultimate, or Windows 7. VM Fusion is software virtualization that enables running Windows concurrently with OS X.
CrossOver which enables running many Windows applications without having to install Windows. The Windows applications can run concurrently with OS X.
VirtualBox is a new Open Source freeware virtual machine such as VM Fusion and Parallels that was developed by Solaris. It is not as fully developed for the Mac as Parallels and VM Fusion.
Note that Parallels and VM Fusion can also run other operating systems such as Linux, Unix, OS/2, Solaris, etc. There are performance differences between dual-boot systems and virtualization. The latter tend to be a little slower (not much) and do not provide the video performance of the dual-boot system. See MacTech.com's Virtualization Benchmarking for comparisons of Boot Camp, Parallels, and VM Fusion. A more recent comparison of Parallels, VM Fusion, and Virtual Box is found at Virtualization Benchmarks- Parallels 10 vs. Fusion 7 vs. VirtualBox. Boot Camp is only available with Leopard and later. Except for Crossover and a couple of similar alternatives like DarWine you must have a valid installer disc for Windows.
You must also have an internal optical drive for installing Windows. Windows cannot be installed from an external optical drive. -
i tried to encrypt using file vault but it froze slowing my macbook pro, how can i get things moving or stop the encryption
Back up all data before proceeding. There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select Disk Utility.
In the Disk Utility window, select the icon of the startup volume from the list on the left. It will be nested below another disk icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar. When prompted, enter the login password of a user authorized to unlock the volume, or the alternate decryption key that was generated when you activated FileVault.
Then, from the menu bar, select
File ▹ Turn Off Encryption
Enter the password again.
You can then restart as usual, if the system is working. Decryption will be completed in the background. It may take several hours, and during that time performance will be reduced.
If you can't turn off encryption in Disk Utility because the menu item is grayed out, you'll have to erase the volume and then restore the data from a backup. Select the Erase tab, and then select
Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
from the Format menu.
You can then quit to be returned to the main Recovery screen. Follow these instructions if you back up with Time Machine. If you use other backup software, follow its developer's instructions.
Don't erase the volume unless you have at least two complete, independent backups. One is not enough to be safe. -
How do I install windows 7 on a macbook pro mid 2009 using bootcamp and no optical drive?
How do I install windows 7 on a macbook pro mid 2009 using bootcamp and no optical drive?
My optical drive is non-functional and I want to dual boot with win7. The only problem is my macbook does not boot from USB at all, even when I hold th ALT key down when it is starting up.
-I have a flashdrive with win7 on it.
-I mounted the ISO of win7 with toast for bootcamp to do its thing.Good luck.
Consider this a bump so that hopefully someone with better news spots your thread.
Allan -
How do I get Windows XP into my MacBook Pro?
Guys and Girls - please don't laugh at me. I'm new to the Mac domain and I'm finding it very hard to get motivated to use my new MacBook Pro more. I purchased it to run LogicPro 7, because I'm a musican and like to produce music. I'm doing that very well now; but, want to run Microsoft office software e.g. Words, Excel, etc. and I'm not quiet sure how to get those applications into the Mac. I've purchased Parallels (got the info about it from this forum) and loaded it on my MacBook. Installing Parallels placed an icon on the desktop. Now what do I do? What do I have to buy now? I assume there is a version of Windows XP for the MacBook. I just would like to be able to exchange Microsoft documents between my Vaio 505EL laptop and in general use my Mac more. I'm ready to spread my wings. (smile)
Thanks all in advance.
P.S. I did look for a string on this topic, but didn't see anything.
You are all so advanced in the Mac world, I ashamed to have to post this to this.You need a copy of Windows XP on a disk(preferably a unregistered copy, but as long as your not using both at the same time...PC and Mac...do the math)
Along with this you also need the Office software you want.
Parallels has a really good section on the manual that explains how to create your first VM(virtual machine)...suggest just following those directions and maybe giving it a slightly bigger partition size(default is 8GB...I would use 12-16GB)...once you have the VM created then you just need to follow the directions for installing the operating system into that VM from the Parallels manual. (its actually quiet easy to follow)
Once you have the OS installed and then you just run the VM and then installing PC software is pretty just like any other PC. Some games and other apps(Win Office is not one of them) require physical devices...i.e. Video card & drivers, to run..in paricular games. I am running a parallels vm with XP Pro and it actually seems to run better than my VAIO laptop 2.8Ghz laptop.
Good luck -
How can i install windows games in my macbook pro
I m a game lover but since i've macbook pro,i haven't played any game on my macbook...so guys please tell me how can i install windows games to my macbook pro.
As eww said, that computer isn't specifically made for gaming. To get advanced graphics in a game, your computer needs what is called a "discrete" graphics processor, or GPU. This means a seperate chip that processes graphics. In Apple laptops, these are only found in the 15" and 17" MacBook Pro. It is not common to find these in laptops in general that are not expensive and high-end. What you have in yours is an "on-board" or "integrated" GPU. This means that graphics processing is done by a small portion of your main processor (the Intel i5 board). This takes away a portion of primary prossessing and dedicates it to graphics. This works perfectly find in most scenarios, but video rendering, gaming, and 3-D graphics tend to suffer. Most high-end, modern games require discrete GPUs to run at full quality these days.
As far as running Windows 7 and Mac OS both, yes you absolutely can. If you install Windows 7 via Bootcamp (this would require you to have a Windows 7 CD), when you turn on your computer it will default to opening up in Mac OS. But if you hold down the Option key (bottom of the keyboard next to the Command button) while the computer is booting up, it will ask you if you want to open Windows or Mac OS. -
I installed windows 7 to my macbook pro, but my mousepad does not work in windows 7 and also i can not connect my windows 7 to projector, but i can use my macbook's mouse pad and i can connect my mac to projector,so please help me for windows 7 problem
i try to download now, do you think when i download and install the windows support software, can i fix the problem?
-
how to install windows 7 on my macbook pro mid 2009 using usb. right now iam using mavericks 10.9 can any one please help me. I tried to edit plist in boot camp but it went wrong please help me.
Iam new to coding. please help me.try the solution posted by kunu here and report back
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5105056?tstart=0 -
How to install windows 7 on Old Macbook Pro 15'inch 2.3 Core 2 Duo
How to install windows 7 on Old Macbook Pro 15'inch 2.3 Core 2 Duo:
I want to known how to install windows 7 on Old Macbook 15'inch 2.3 Core 2 Duo by using usb
I try many time, but after restart bootcamp partition, apple show blinking folder error
I think this firmware not support to install windows by usb
NOTE:
I Cannot install Apple New OSX Mountain Lion, Mavericks etc in this MAC
If I cannot install windows 7 on this MAC, so tell me what I will do with this MAC ?I agree with the optical drive, mine acted strange, and i thought people were crazy and my drive was shot, but a simple cleaning disc worked miracles.
But- are you trying to reboot with both the USB install and the DVD install both plugged in? that would definitely cause confusion.
Do this, reboot with NOTHING plugged in. Once you hear the Mac chime, immediately press and hold option.
You should only see the Mac HD, and Recovery Partition.
THEN plug in your external DVD, and wait a min or two, you should see a disc icon appear next to the recovery partition that says something like windows. If that doesnt appear after a min or two, unplug it and put the USB stick and do the same thing. I had to do it this way on my mid 09 MBP.
Let me know if this works to start the install. If not we may have to start over with Bootcamp Assistant -
I installed windows 7 on my macbook pro. all is working but lan adaptor and sound od laptop is not working. please help me or send the link where i can download the these drivers.I have lost my resource cd .
If you are running Lion or Mountain Lion, the drivers are downloaded from within Bootcamp Assistant. If you are running Snow Leopard the drivers are on your Snow Leopard install disk.
Read the Bootcamp Install Guide for your version of OSx. http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Bootcamp questions should be asked in the Bootcamp forum where the Bootcamp gurus hang out https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp -
I'm trying to install windows 7 on my macbook pro. I went through the process of bootcamp telling it to install windows 7. Once the windows boot manager started an error message came up. The error message says " windows has encountered a problem communicating with a device connected to your computer. I don't have a usb connected to my computer. I am using windows 7 professional install disc. I can't figure out what i am doing wrong. The same message keeps coming up over and over. Am I doing something wrong or is it something else?
Well, shucks, i just spent almost 30 minutes trying to find your model user guide to explain it better, I guess they never got around to making it.....
I would just borrow another Windows disk and try installing it again and if it does it again then you might take it to an Apple Store and see if one of the "Genius' " can figure it out.
Make sure your internet is enabled and click on your blank desktop and at the top of your screen is a Help menu option, enter PRAM and it should give you a list of things relating to Pram. It may take a few seconds to list anything as it has to connect to Apples severs first. It should list the things you may have to fill back in when your done.
"P-ram" stores some common information that is used in the background, your date, time, startup disk, etc, that you don't have to re-fill when you restart, it's a little different for each computer. -
I am trying to install windows 7 on my macbook pro 13", when i run bootcamp it tells me that there is not a windows support software available for my computer. Where can i get the windows support software for my macbook?
Apple only supports Windows on certain hardware.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Apple provides their framework for Windows to run on a Mac, a piece of software called a Hybrid MBR that bridges the gap between how Windows reads the drive partition table (MBR) and EFI/GUID partition table that Mac's use.
It doesn't mean Windows can't run on your Mac, a third party solution called rEFIt will also bridge the gap and allow booting of more that just Windows, Linux as well for a triple booting computer.
Your hardware has to meet the other requirements the second and third operating system needs as as being able to install drivers that will work for your hardware, especially the fans or they will run loud and fast by default.
http://refit.sourceforge.net/
This above is a advanced procedure which requires knowledge how computers and various operating systems, drive formats and so forth work.
I even admit I don't know everything myself, but I experiment on a separate piece of Mac hardware (out of warranty/AppleCare) designed for this purpose so in case something screws up I'm not taking down my only machine and can use the other to get online and find solutions.
There is a very high potential for losing your data if your using advanced/non-Apple methods to install Windows on your only Mac where Apple doesn't support it. Also one shouldn't be doing this on Mac hardware that is under AppleCare or warranty as it might be voided. Proceed at your own risk and education. -
Trouble installing Windows 8.1 on MacBook Pro Retina mid 2014
Hi everyone
I recently bought a MacBook Pro Retina (mid 2014, 15", 2.8GHz, 1TB SSD) and wanted to install Windows 8.1 on it via bootcamp.
I have an official .ISO package of Windows 8.1 (it's x64, I checked), got it from MS Dreamspark as a student, and a valid serial number for it, of course.
Burned the image on a 16gb flash drive via bootcamp and proceeded to install. When asked by windows installer which partition to install on, selected bootcamp and clicked 'format', as it was recommended to do in various instructions on the internet (as it wouldn't install without formatting, I tried). The installation went good and finished, but immedeatly after that the installer gave me a notification "Impossible to update computer loading configuration, installation cancelled" (maybe it's not exactly like that, translated as accurately as I could, I'm installing windows in Russian).
I tried it twice, each time re-burning the installation drive. Got the same error each time.
All the software (OS X, bootcamp, etc.) is up to date, the macbook shouldn't have any problems as it was bought just a few days ago.
How can I solve this problem?yes sorry if it ruin the ending of one of the youtube clips you will be witching if you have problems as how you install windows in bootcamp
https://www.google.dk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF- 8#q=install+windows+8.1+on+macbook+pro+retina&tbm=vid
Maybe you are looking for
-
Keyboard or Motherboard, that is the question (power indicator lit, but machine does not work)
Hello Everyone. Sorry for this long as heck post. Skip to the all caps headers below, if you have no time for excuses. I’m loving my new w530. Well, I have been loving it. I work in documentary production and for the last year have been in a very d
-
Can address book give a count of number in a group?
I've found I can select all in the name column of a group, copy, and paste into Nisus Writer to print, or have Nisus give me a count of the # of paragraphs & therefore the number of entries. But I wondered if Address Book can simply tell me the numbe
-
How do I attach a staccato to a note in Garageband '11
I'm trying to make a cover of the entertainer in Garageband using the score and effects, but I can't seem to figure out/find on the internet any way to attach a staccato in Garageband '11. A staccato is not a shorter note, but a sort of light, accent
-
GL Journal Entry & post - control by GL accounts?
Hi all, There are many users assigned with GL Journal Entry & Post responsibility. Some of them are budgeting staff and some of them are comptrollers. Questions: 1. Is it possible to restrict a user to enter/post journal entries to only a group of GL
-
Is there anyway to get serial number from itunes for my stolen ipod?
Help.. My ipod 5th gen was stolen..is there anyway to get the Serial Number off itunes??