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Running Windows 11 on a Mac Discussion [Merged]

Will you try Windows 11 on boot camp?

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tonyunreal said:
The TPM 2.0 hard requirement means it won't be available for Intel Macs (unless you are virtualizing, of course).
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That's not a real hard stop at all. I successfully installed it through legacy boot via bootcamp on an old iMac 27 2011. It worked flawlessly. I upgraded from W10 and used the tutorial in the Youtube channel Macintosh Men. Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command. Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2103104/windows-11-simple-trick-bypasses-cpu-tpm-lockout.html

Big Corp. with huge numbers of Windows clients couldn't migrate to W11 ready PC's in just a swoop so MS had to leave doors open so that Big Corp. could stay compatible. My combo of a legacy boot, old processor and no TPM at all works just fine. The requirements are all artificial for now. If it works with W10, W11 will work in reality.
 
Kent W said:
That's not a real hard stop at all. I successfully installed it through legacy boot via bootcamp on an old iMac 27 2011. It worked flawlessly. I upgraded from W10 and used the tutorial in the Youtube channel Macintosh Men. Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command. Link: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2103104/windows-11-simple-trick-bypasses-cpu-tpm-lockout.html

Big Corp. with huge numbers of Windows clients couldn't migrate to W11 ready PC's in just a swoop so MS had to leave doors open so that Big Corp. could stay compatible. My combo of a legacy boot, old processor and no TPM at all works just fine. The requirements are all artificial for now. If it works with W10, W11 will work in reality.
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That’s terrific. Have you noticed any issues with stability or Windows updates as noted in the article? I’m thinking of trying it on my 2019 Mackbook Pro.
 
You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.
 
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You can use packages like Winclone to install Win 10/11 onto an external USB drive without touching your internal drive at all, and it bypasses the T2 requirements.
 
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newtomacbookpro said:
You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.
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Have you attempted to install the audio driver from the Boot Camp drivers?
 
DaveFromCampbelltown said:
You can use packages like Winclone to install Win 10/11 onto an external USB drive without touching your internal drive at all, and it bypasses the T2 requirements.
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Have you done this recently? I used to be able to do it with Windows 7 but couldn’t get it to work with Windows 10.
 
newtomacbookpro said:
You guys are running Win with macos using bootcamp or Win natively without macos at all? I am interested in the latter. I can install Win11 on MBP late-2011 very easy but still trying to overcome lack of audio.
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Bootcamp in my case. Bootcamp ensures that installation on older Macs becomes a legacy boot setup. This is key to get Audio working with the Bootcamp audio drivers. W11 is officially not supporting legacy boot (or sometimes called BIOS boot), but in reality, no problem.
 
Kent W said:
Bootcamp in my case. Bootcamp ensures that installation on older Macs becomes a legacy boot setup. This is key to get Audio working with the Bootcamp audio drivers. W11 is officially not supporting legacy boot (or sometimes called BIOS boot), but in reality, no problem.
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Just to be sure, you mean installing windows 11 via bootcamp from within macos?
 
Kent W said:
Later it was found out that you can easily bypass the artificial requirements by a setup /product server command
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This has been utilized at least since December 2021 in the MediaCreationTool:
github.com

Skip TPM Check v6 · AveYo/MediaCreationTool.bat@a445ddd

For a more reliable and future-proof experience, clean installation is still handled via winsetup.dll patching in boot.wim upgrade is now handled only via auto.cmd with the /Product Server trick Ju...
github.com github.com
 
Anyone have an answer for the sleep issues on a Mac Pro 6,1 (2013)? I have the latest Windows 11 loaded and a wake from sleep takes about 90 seconds at best and will only wake with power button. I have enabled/disabled all the power management settings in the device manager. Currently disabled deep sleep/hibernate and thus only the screen is sleeping. Same issues on several 2013s so I know it's not a one off issue.
 
tonyunreal said:
The TPM 2.0 hard requirement means it won't be available for Intel Macs (unless you are virtualizing, of course).
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Parallels runs W11 perfectly fine in Mojave. (Turn hypervirtualization on.)

Which means that W11 can run on a core-2-duo processor machine (after Mojave is coaxed to).
 
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Indeed, Windows 11 runs really well on my 24" iMac from 2009 (core 2 duo)

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Glad you got it working well.🙂
I couldn't get the nvidia driver to work on my 2009 mbp 17.
 
Thanks, but I ended up selling it.
Battery was near death and cost to replace it was more than I paid for it.
That and problems with magsafe chargers ( for this and wife's macbook air) led me to opt for a mac mini desktop setup and tablet for couch use.

2014 mini 2.6 i5, 8gb ram, 500gb ssd ($75) running windows 11, Mojave and Monterrey .
Super easy to put windows 11 on this with installer made with rufus on another windows machine.
 
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