minecraft windows 10 edition free with java

I want it running on my laptop as well as it bloody well should be able to. I've got a nice beastly desktop rig that runs Minecraft just fine. I'd appreciate any insight that isn't just 'face it, it just won't work'.

I simply can't walk away and accept it won't work when it's been proven to work for others. One solution is that I could simply install (or dual-boot) Linux (and I'd get even better performance), but there's so much I still need Windows for. Another strange thing of note is that in the crash log in the system details section it says my version of Java is 1.8.0_171, even though in the beginning of the log it says 1.8.0_51 and MultiMC is confirmed to be using update 51 after testing, using the global version, and just pointing to it directly.

Could Windows still somehow be utilizing the newer driver in spite of what I'm reading? I'm at a loss.

I've checked my device manager and I seem to be using the actual proper driver version number that it's supposed to be. I've also tried using the version of Java bundled with the official Minecraft Launcher/Installer. What's also weird is that other OpenGL games work just fine like GZDoom, Serious Sam Revolution, Half-Life, etc. The Win7/8 drivers apparently still do support OpenGL, and have worked for other people, but for whatever reason it's not working for me. It's just that Intel's Win10 drivers apparently don't give any credence to OpenGL (Minecraft Windows 10 Edition works just fine, and I assume it's using Direct3D). This chipset is more than capable of running Minecraft. It still won't launch giving me the same 'pixel format not accelerated' and 'RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread' errors. I downgraded Java to Java 8 update 45 (and I've also tried update 51). (and here's where it usually starts working for everybody else whom it works for.) I've used the Win7/8 64-bit drivers he found here I have a laptop running Windows 10 (it came that way, no hope of downgrading to Win7) This reddit thread seems to have the most relevant information in one place. I've scoured countless corners of the internet and found that about half the people can get it to work and the other half can't.

Minecraft windows 10 edition free with java