Windows 7 no longer supported by Boot Camp on the new Mac

Some notebook models Apple will no longer install Windows 7 via Boot Camp, the boot loader officer MacBook and iMac. Boot Camp does not support Windows 7 its new MacBook Pro 13″ and MacBook Air.

The news was reported by MacRumors after it was found on the support documents on the official Apple website. The ” old ” but quite widespread version of the operating system does not is more compatible even on MacBook Pro 2013, while users of the MacBook Pro, Air and iMac of 2014 will continue to install it.

Boot Camp is an official software developed by Apple that allows users to install Windows on your Mac. Basically, it’s a boot loader that allows the operating system from Redmond to coexist with Mac OS X on Apple systems. The abandonment of the support of the older Windows belongs to a practice that Apple already worked in the past: support for Windows XP and Windows Vista, for example, was stopped last 2010.

The abandonment of Windows 7 was indeed expected but maybe not so soon considering the excellent spread of which still enjoys after six years from commercialization. To have played a key role in the decision was probably the imminent arrival of Windows 10, expected in the summer, which incorporates features and interface elements that may involve the passage many more users than the current Windows 8 version greeted with little heat from the public.

The list of devices compatible with Boot Camp is available on the official website, while for those who need to use Windows 7 on one of Apple computers can still rely on virtual machines, using one of the many third-party software category available on Mac OS X, such as VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop 10.