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Windows Drivers for Intel Mac

Posted in Apple, Tech by Dan at 8:14 am

So, yesterday we revealed (thanks to our donation to OnMac) how to install Windows XP on an Intel Mac. The process was easy, smooth - and quite efficient!

However after the install, there were obviously drivers missing from the Win XP install… Listed below are sopme drivers you may want to install to get you Intel Mac humming.

  iMac 17″ iMac 20″ Mac Mini MacBook MacBook Pro
Wireless Click Click Click1 Click1 Click1
Ethernet Click Click Click Click Click
Bluetooth None None None None None
Video None2 None2 None2 None2 None2
Sound Click3 Click3 Click3 Click3 Click3
iSight None None None None None
Mouse N/A N/A N/A Click Click
IR Reciever None None None None None
Remote None None None None None
Chipset Click Click Click Click Click

1: Once installed, right-click the device in device manager and manually choose a driver to install. Click have disk and point to C:\drivers\win\wllanath\winxp_2k, then select the driver: 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adaptor. Some users have reported that the MBP drivers have issues connecting to certain brands of wireless routers. These problems did not occur when the same system was booted into OSX.

2: To improve interm performance disable Hardware Acceleration in the advanced Display Properties settings.

3: Confirmed working, but only through headphone/line out port. No internal speakers. [via]

37 Comments, Comment or Trackback

  1. Marc Köhlbrugge

    Hmm.. a MacBook? Didn’t know it was released already

    Mar 17th, 2006

  2. Derek

    wow. i have to admit i am finally completely jealous of intel osx users. in he back of my mind i was still telling myself “oh who cares… i bet the drivers are missing”… now i’m seeing this list of drivers?! dammit!

    Mar 17th, 2006

  3. Justin

    I saw yesterday in the store their selling intel Mac mini’s at costco. what’s up with that?

    Mar 17th, 2006

  4. Dan

    :-)

    Mar 17th, 2006

  5. Chuck Cheeze

    I saw iMac G5’s at Costco…I assumed that Apple were moving them out. But if they have Intel Mini’s, it appears as though Apple is just trying to find more peeps to switch.

    Can someone tell me why they would want XP and OSX on one computer? I mean, I get the general gist of it…but realistically? Also, can you have both booted and somehow switch between OS’s with a hot key? (I know its probably too early to answer that)

    Mar 17th, 2006

  6. leu

    Great, so i will looking forward to a new mac book pro. :-)

    Mar 17th, 2006

  7. AngelArs

    Hi Chuck. The only (logical) reason to have both OS’s on one machine that I can think of has to do with web designers. They would now be able check their work with all browsers to make sure it looks good. Also this is good for Apple because the first question newbies ask before switching to a Mac is “Can I run my PC programs on a Mac?” and now you can tell them YES, although I’d much rather instead run OS X on a PC :)

    Mar 17th, 2006

  8. NIc

    Links are broken

    Mar 17th, 2006

  9. rjackal

    I’m an engineer, and there are plenty of applications that run on Windows PCs only. Like Code Composer Studio for DSP design, for example. Some hardware development kits still rely on parallel ports for download/debug, thus requiring a desktop PC. HOWEVER, those are starting to transition to USB.

    SO, I would love to be able to dual boot OSX + Windows! My wife has a Powerbook G4.

    Mar 17th, 2006

  10. Teodor

    The links for Windows drivers are dead .-…. This sucks nig time!!!!!!

    Mar 22nd, 2006

  11. kenshin

    there are not any video drivers?? please, if someone knows where can i find this drivers…please, report it

    Mar 25th, 2006

  12. Timmy

    There are a couple of reasons why you would want XP on the intelMacs. I for one needed to finish a video in adobe premiere pro 2 for a wedding. It was taking my Dell laptop (3.4GHz 1.0GB RAM) 45 minutes to compile the video. I installed XP and Adobe Premiere Pro 2 on my MacBook Pro and it takes less than half the time to compile the video. I didn’t want to convert the entire video over to Final Cut Pro since i had most of it done in Premiere. There are a couploe of good applications of XP. I’d say… Pick your operating system based of efficiency and need. Doesn’t matter what OS you use if it’s the best for the application at hand.

    Apr 3rd, 2006

  13. savio

    Hi

    Wehave just got the new MacBooks and its the most difficult when it comes to loading Windows XP. XP has to crash at least 3 times before we can get it right. We realised that XP installs only if you start from a cold start (after 3 hours from the last boot)!

    Further the following drivers are required since the drivers burnt by Boot Camp do not support Windows on MacBook completely.

    The following drivers are needed on Macbook

    1. Ethernet driver (the driver from this website works)
    2. Wi-Fi drivers
    3. Bluetooth
    4. Graphics drivers
    5. Sound drivers
    6. iSight drivers
    7. Remote drivers

    If any one has any suggestions, please let me know

    Cheers

    Savio

    Jun 17th, 2006

  14. roy chen

    I am looking into Macbook for a long time,some problem don’ t settle.

    Jun 25th, 2006

  15. kooala

    that’s what i need, thanks for sharing

    Jul 5th, 2006

  16. Sarkazein

    I’ve been using either the DHZer0Point drivers (http://www.driverheaven.net/~dhzer0point/) or the OmegaDrivers (http://www.omegadrivers.net/) and they both work on my MBPRO 17″.

    Jul 24th, 2006

  17. anas shamsi

    i duno wat 2 do i mean befor i hav been video chattin on msn, camfrog etc but now if i use mac my msn messenger does’nt give me any option of video chat and camfrog does’nt support mac.the software mac has called i duno ichat or ivideo i mean i duno any 1 usin dat so who m i gona chat with? i hav macbook pro.if ther is ne solution dat i can video chat on msn plzzz let me kno

    Jul 26th, 2006

  18. jhoep

    hi ppl,

    i have macbook 13in, and installed winXP sp2 i able to load almost all driver except “isight”. any help will be highly appreciated.

    tnx :-)
    jhoep

    Aug 1st, 2006

  19. Stephen Fox

    hi folks, thanks for the tips. stupid question: i can’t figure out which device is the wireless- none in device mgr say anything clear. any clues? thanks again

    Aug 2nd, 2006

  20. Sarkazein

    There are no drivers for the iSight yet :(

    As for the wireless networking adapter, you’ll either have an Atheros or (I think) Broadcom adapter in the Networking Adapters section.

    Aug 11th, 2006

  21. Gordon

    I am also looking for the driver for iSight. Any luck?

    Sep 5th, 2006

  22. jp r

    8 sept
    I have Parallels with Windows 2000 installed on MacBook Pro.
    works perfect, except doesnt recognize Wifi ?
    I installed : 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adaptor, as suggested on Uneasy Silence, but doesnt work ( i might as well didnt install it right!)
    any advice ?

    thanks

    Sep 8th, 2006

  23. davidm

    Thanks a lot for those pointers, I have been looking for the MacBookPro windows drivers for a while, the Bootcamp drivers won’t work with Parallels.. Really nice resource !

    Sep 22nd, 2006

  24. Hieu

    I need every drivers for my MacBook…. I can’t find wireless, USB webcam, modem and sound drivers…. plzzzzzzzzzzz help me… thanks alot !!!!

    Apr 13th, 2007

  25. kiptodd

    Video drivers for macbook pro 15″ 2.33 video ATI 1600 512

    I am using the drivers for ACER 8200 and all works great.

    Also I found 3gb of ram for under $200 lookup macsales.com

    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/53IM2DDR3GBK/

    I ahve installed them and wow what a difference

    Jun 13th, 2007

  26. Paul Hesketh

    i have drivers for isight on pc. i am running win xp using parallels and am also able to use isight on live messenger and skype. if you would like them, please contact me for details. paul.hesketh@virgin.net

    Jun 24th, 2007

  27. Patrick

    I am running WindowsXP only on my MacBook Pro. Format the HD with the utility that comes with your Mac to FAT32. Boot from youw XP CD. Install XP, convert to NFTS if you like. DRIVERS: The best way I have found to get the drivewrs you need is to make a driver disk with Boot Camp beta and then use it after you do your XP install to get all the drivers for your machine. Obviously this requires you to borrow a friends similar MacBook, or you can do all the work before you install XP. Time consuming, but it works well. Feel free to email me direct for advice.

    One issue I have is that Bluetooth is very unreliable with the Mac KB and mouse. Drops it constantly…any suggestions are appreciated.

    Jun 29th, 2007

  28. Sarah

    Can Anyone PLEASE tell where I can find MACBOOK PRO drivers for Windows on the Internet?

    Thanx In Advance.

    Nov 8th, 2007

  29. Paul Hesketh

    Please visit http://www.isight4windows for a working iSight driver for windows

    Jan 14th, 2008

  30. Bª®™ªn

    I agree with Patrick who said :”The best way I have found to get the drivers you need is to make a driver disk with Boot Camp beta and then use it after you do your XP install to get all the drivers for your machine.” but I think Sarah already solved the issue… I hope

    Feb 27th, 2008

  31. Alisa T

    i lost my macbook pro CD and i installed the vista, i need the drivers for windows, how can i get this drivers?? anyone can copy it for me or any one knows where is the link so i can download it, i need the internet to be working so i can do the update
    plzzzzz help me
    Alisa

    Mar 12th, 2008

  32. Lokesh

    Thank you very much for the Windows drivers. However, tell me when will you upload the driver for isight camera??

    Jun 5th, 2008

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