Some computer manufacturers have long done away with optical media drives like CD-ROMs, DVD-ROMs and CD/DVD burners. Why not? Most software is available for electronic download/delivery and can be stored on various alternative media sources like USB flash drives, cloud storage and so forth.

I’ve been running Boot Camp on my Early-2016 12-inch MacBook for almost two years and it has worked well enough for my specific use case. Performance isn’t great but it gets the job done. It’s a base model 12-inch MacBook with an Intel 1.1GHz Dual Core Intel Core m3 processor with 8GB RAM and 256GB of flash storage currently running macOS Monterey natively and the latest version of Windows 10 Pro in Boot Camp.

Back in 2017, Apple added the last of the polycarbonate unibody series, the MacBook 13.3-inch Mid 2010 series, to their list of Vintage and obsolete products, officially bringing an end of support to this product line.