Windows 8.1 is compatible with boot camp?

Hi,
Can I install windows 8.1 on a Mac Book Pro Early 2011 with Boot Camp?
Thanks

it's not officially supported so if the windows drivers for the mac hardware works out is a hit or miss
some people don't get audio some don't get network some like me have often fatal bluetooth crashed when login into win8.1

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*Please note I accept no responsibility for issues occurring from the use of this guide, please use at your risk
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Windows 7 Home Premium 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58996.iso
Windows 7 Home Premium 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-58997.iso
Windows 7 Professional 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59183.iso
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Windows 7 Ultimate 32Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59463.iso
Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit: http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/win/X17-59465.iso
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I have a MacPro running windows XP Professional, have Boot Camp 2.1 installed, and my computer only sees 2 gb of RAM when I have 4gb RAM installed. OSX sees all 4 gb. I am very frustrated because many of the applications I use only run in Windows. As I know this is an outstanding issue upon further research, has anyone found a way to amend this (aside from switching to Vista 64) or know if Apple is planning to fix this issue? I fear that Apple's intentionally done this
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Regards
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