Dual Boot Mac OS X (Yosemite) and Windows 10 Pro on a MacBook5,2. Possible?

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Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 6 GB (2GB + 4 GB; upgraded from 2 GB)
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B05
SMC Version (System): 1.38f5
Serial Number: W8915F934R1
Hardware UUUID: 86402231-7C6A-578E-A7D8-00ABABE4F83C
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled

OSX 10.10 (Yosemite)

Hard Drive Toshiba 1 TB (Toshiba 1.0TB MQ01ABD100 Hard Disk Drive; Upgraded from 120 GB)
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Firstly, should I upgrade the OS to the latest (OS X 10.11 El Capitan or macOS 10.12 Sierra) if allowed? I rather stay with OS X 10.10 Yosemite if the later OS will lead to "slow" performance.

Secondly, I would love to have dual boot (Mac + Windows 10) on the MacBook5,2 with the specification shown above. Is this possible for this older upgraded (6 GB RAM and 1TB hard drive) MacBook 5,2? If Windows 10 Pro is not possible, what about Windows 7 Ultimate or Windows 8.1?

What would be a good "How to" (with links) to accomplish this task? Thanks!
 

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Your Mac's Specs
2022 Mac Studio M1 Max, 2023 M2 MBA
These are the full specs of your machine. A couple of things to note, you can upgrade as high as OS X 10.11 on that machine and Windows 7 (32-bit).

You would go down the Boot Camp route, read more here about the version you need.
 

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