In my case, I proceeded with the install without downloading the support drivers first, and only came back to MacOS for it after the first boot into windows. If you get the error “The Windows Support Software Could Not Be Saved To The Selected Drive”, try only checking the first option and perform 2nd and 3rd later. If you are not planning on doing anything other than development work in Visual Studio, recommend at least 50~60GB of space for the new partition. Visual studio installer alone takes up 6GB, and take up some 15-20GB installed.
The windows 10 OS itself took up about 20GB. Run Bootcamp assistant Allocating space for windows partition If you’re wondering why some versions have a “N” suffix, those are versions without media technologies (media player, codecs, etc.) bundled. (To reach here from Bizspark website after logging in, click on the small “get tools” link on the top right, and again “MSDN Subscription” in the same area on the new page.) If you’re not sure, check Apple’s list at Getting windows 10 installer imageįor those on Bizspark, you can download the enterprise edition iso at Check if your Macbook Pro is supportedĪnything 2013 early 15” Retina and later should support 10. In this article I am focusing on the first option to dedicate maximum CPU and ram for visual studio, MSSQL and IIS. There are generally 3 ways to get visual studio on Macbook Pro:
