Boot Camp updated to support Apple Studio Display

Intel Mac users who run Windows on their Mac can now update the drivers in Boot Camp to enable support for Apple's Studio Display.

Apple updates Boot Camp periodically to introduce support for new hardware, along with typical compatibility and performance improvements. In a March update of the software, Apple has enabled Boot Camp to work with the new Studio Display.

The update that brings Boot Camp to version 6.1.17, spotted by Reddit, introduces two key elements of support. First, it adds compatibility for the Studio Display, ensuring Intel Mac users running Windows can still use the monitor without any issue.

The update also includes AMD graphics driver updates, changes that will be especially useful for eGPU users.

Boot Camp, Apple's software for running Windows on Mac hardware, is available to use on Intel-based Macs. Apple Silicon Macs can run Windows within a virtual machine in macOS, meaning support for the Studio Display will be available by default so long as macOS is up to date.

While the Studio Display will work on Windows desktops, macOS-specific features like Center Stage for the webcam won't function.

8 Comments

crowley 10431 comments · 15 Years

About 2 years ago

A little surprised they bothered.

strangenoises 16 comments · 6 Years

Even as an inveterate Mac user who only uses windows when I have to… would it *kill* them to just put it out as a general windows driver?

jayweiss 76 comments · 13 Years

Windows for ARM will run in a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon machine.

You CAN’T run Intel based Windows on such machine (unless it runs in an Emulator which is non-native, buggy, and slow)

lkrupp 10521 comments · 19 Years

jayweiss said:

Windows for ARM will run in a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon machine.
You CAN’T run Intel based Windows on such machine (unless it runs in an Emulator which is non-native, buggy, and slow)

Which is basically useless for those who want to run real Windows apps. Face reality, Windows on the Mac is dead unless Microsoft cooperates. Microsoft could make it happen but they show no sign of doing so.

jayweiss said:

Windows for ARM will run in a virtual machine on an Apple Silicon machine.
You CAN’T run Intel based Windows on such machine (unless it runs in an Emulator which is non-native, buggy, and slow)

What's buggy about it? Everything I've heard suggests that it works well, albeit performance limited.