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Even with a newer GPU, I got resolution glitches and other issues in UEFI mode.

Combined with the Radeon HD 2600XT that is standard in these machines, and you have a pair that is quite unstable. Linux has accommodated Apple’s older, more buggy, EFI implementations of this era. Running Ubuntu in UEFI mode on the Early 2008 Mac Pro works fine. Third Time’s The Charm?ĭid the MacPro3,1 absolve Apple’s EFI sins previously? Almost.

Even if Boot Camp wants to do it otherwise… you’re probably better off in UEFI mode anyways. Those you want to install any OS in UEFI mode. With the MacPro4,1 and MacPro5,1 – those are the first truly UEFI complaint systems. On those machines, you want to use Boot Camp’s Compatibility Support Module (CSM) to switch into BIOS mode. The MacPro1,1 and MacPro2,1 have EFI that is so buggy it’s not even worth using for anything other than OS X. With the Mac Pro’s – it’s more tricky than you would think. Though I’m sure there is… the real key, is how to do it. I don’t know one Mac with an Intel CPU that can’t run Windows 10 well. It’s so easy to support newer Windows versions, as the burden (much like Linux) gets absorbed into the kernel. I’ve since written an updated review using the same Mac Pro and Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, available here.Īpple, for some reason, stops Boot Camp support early for Intel-based Macintosh computers. UPDATE: This article was written in 2016.