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the 'trick' is to do a clean Win10 install with an an USB Stick made from the MS Win10 Media creation tool, BUT for the first but, you need to press the Option key and choose the native USB Stick and not the legacy (you should see 3 options: MacOS EFI, USB EFI and USB Bios but symbols, no text)

Win10 installs extremely fast in 20 Minutes. AND the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

The BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA, is needed for the post installation work.

But: as of Sept. 21 there was no working video driver from intel, screen keeps getting dark, and Windows Update also forces download and install of that bogus driver. be carefull.

for me only the generic video driver worked, but does not support any standby/suspend modes and no sound.

what DOES work: install Win10 in non GPT BIOS/legacy mode, for some reasons(???) the video driver then works and the rest and only this annoying BIOS Wait time even after hibernate.

the 'trick' is to do a clean Win10 install with an an USB Stick made from the MS Win10 Media creation tool, BUT for the first but, you need to press the Option key and choose the native USB Stick and not the legacy (you should see 3 options: MacOS EFI, USB EFI and USB Bios but symbols, no text)

Win10 installs extremely fast in 20 Minutes. AND the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

The BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA, is needed for the post installation work.

But: as of Sept. 21 there was no working video driver from intel, screen keeps getting dark, and Windows Update also forces download and install of that bogus driver. be carefull.

for me only the generic video driver worked, but does not support any standby/suspend modes and no sound.

the 'trick' is to do a clean Win10 install with an an USB Stick made from the MS Win10 Media creation tool, BUT for the first but, you need to press the Option key and choose the native USB Stick and not the legacy (you should see 3 options: MacOS EFI, USB EFI and USB Bios but symbols, no text)

Win10 installs extremely fast in 20 Minutes. AND the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

The BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA, is needed for the post installation work.

But: as of Sept. 21 there was no working video driver from intel, screen keeps getting dark, and Windows Update also forces download and install of that bogus driver. be carefull.

for me only the generic video driver worked, but does not support any standby/suspend modes and no sound.

what DOES work: install Win10 in non GPT BIOS/legacy mode, for some reasons(???) the video driver then works and the rest and only this annoying BIOS Wait time even after hibernate.

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the trick'trick' is to do a clean Win10 install withoutwith an an USB Stick made from the MS Win10 Media creation tool, BUT for the first but, you need to press the Option key and choose the native USB Stick and not the legacy (you should see 3 options: MacOS EFI, USB EFI and USB Bios but symbols, no text)

Win10 installs extremely fast in 20 Minutes. AND the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

The BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA, is needed for the post installation work.

Currently testing which Bootcamp drivers are needed because it can be trickyBut: as e.gof Sept. 21 there was no working video driver from intel, screen brightness can be turned off to zerokeeps getting dark, and no hardware keys to bring it backWindows Update also forces download and install of that bogus driver. be carefull.

At leastfor me only the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2generic video driver worked, but does not support any standby/suspend modes and no sound.

Will update my aswer

the trick is to do a clean Win10 install without the BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA.

Currently testing which Bootcamp drivers are needed because it can be tricky as e.g. screen brightness can be turned off to zero and no hardware keys to bring it back.

At least the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

Will update my aswer

the 'trick' is to do a clean Win10 install with an an USB Stick made from the MS Win10 Media creation tool, BUT for the first but, you need to press the Option key and choose the native USB Stick and not the legacy (you should see 3 options: MacOS EFI, USB EFI and USB Bios but symbols, no text)

Win10 installs extremely fast in 20 Minutes. AND the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

The BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA, is needed for the post installation work.

But: as of Sept. 21 there was no working video driver from intel, screen keeps getting dark, and Windows Update also forces download and install of that bogus driver. be carefull.

for me only the generic video driver worked, but does not support any standby/suspend modes and no sound.

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the trick is to do a clean Win10 install without the BootCamp Assistant USB Stick, which does not support EFI Boot, at least in my case with 2011 MBA.

Currently testing which Bootcamp drivers are needed because it can be tricky as e.g. screen brightness can be turned off to zero and no hardware keys to bring it back.

At least the boot time is reduced from 15 seconds to 1-2.

Will update my aswer