If you're installing from disc, you'll need at least a 1GB flash drive to download all the necessary drivers. If you're installing from a downloaded ISO, you'll want an 8GB or larger flash drive. You can download the latter online, but you'll need a license key to activate it once installed. You'll need either a Windows 7 install disc and a USB SuperDrive, or an ISO of Windows 7. Installing Windowsįor those who haven't used Boot Camp before, the process is pretty straightforward. Though I don't have much Windows software on hand to give a really in-depth impression of daily use, I was able to run some cross-platform benchmarks, browse the Web, do a little writing, and play around a bit with both Windows resolution and font-scaling settings. After a couple hours of downloads and two failed install attempts, I was able to get Microsoft's OS purring along quite nicely on the Retina MacBook Pro hardware.
So I downloaded the latest Windows 7 ISO, grabbed an 8GB USB flash drive, and fired up Boot Camp Assistant.
Since we still had the hardware at our disposal, however, readers expressed interest in knowing how Windows runs at the Retina MacBook Pro's ultra-high resolution. We already gave you our impressions of running OS X on Apple's Retina MacBook Pro, as well as how to maximize battery life by overriding the automatic GPU switching.
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