06-17-2015, 03:49 PM
MP, that's actually a decent idea. You could try installing the current Windows 10 preview and running MC on there (make sure to just do it on a partition so it doesn't take your whole drive). Presumably W10 will be able to run Java as well so it might work out for you.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso