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Install AoE 2 on your MBP

1) Download Windows 10 ISO

Microsoft lets you download the Windows 10 ISO for free from their website. Do that and remember where you saved it (downloads folder?). 2 things to remember while going through the steps to download:

  1. Remember if you downloaded Pro or Home edition. You'll need to know in step 2
  2. Download the 64bit version

Link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO

2) Buy an Windows 10 Serial Key from eBay

Ya sounds sketchy but it works and only costs $5! A guy at BestBuy told me to do this and it worked flawlessly. Go to eBay and search for "Windows 10 key" and make sure you buy a key that is either Home or Pro edition based on which you downloaded from Microsoft.

Link: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1311.R5.TR11.TRC1.A0.H1.Xwindows+10+.TRS0&_nkw=windows+10+key&_sacat=0

3) Install Windows 10 via BootCamp

The easiest way to open BootCamp is to type the hotkey CMD+SPACE on your MBP. Search for bootcamp and open the top result application. Follow the steps.

  1. Browse for the ISO you downloaded from Microsoft.
  2. Choose how much space you want to allocate to your Windows drive. I personally went almost as small as I could because I won't be doing major media things. Just installing Age.

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4) Wait for BootCamp to install Windows 10

BootCamp will automatically install the drivers you need to run Windows flawlessly which is beautiful! I don't recall how long this took but it seemed a lot faster than I imagined. A cool fact is that BootCamp also auto-paired my Bluetooth devices during install so my Mouse and Keyboard already worked!

5) Boot into Windows 10

BootCamp may automatically boot you into Windows 10.

6) Install Steam

Link: https://store.steampowered.com/about/

7) Install Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Reminder this is not the same as the HD Edition. Link: https://store.steampowered.com/app/813780/Age_of_Empires_II_Definitive_Edition/

8) Boot back into MacOS

You will want to boot back into MacOS eventually. To do so you want to go to the bottom-right corner taskbar and find the Diamond icon. Right-click and choose Restart in MacOS

9) Boot back into Windows 10

This took a lot of googling. There are 2 ways:

  1. While your computer is restarting you can hold the option key to show a boot screen where you can choose which drive to boot into.

  2. Go to Preferences -> Startup Disk and choose Windows 10 drive and hit Restart.

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