You're going to lose about 15-25, at least, to run Windows 7, so leave yourself plenty of space for Mac OS, too.
Here's how to install it on your Mac in a few simple steps: Fast, pretty and without a single crash so far (knock on wood).Ī step-by-step guide to installing Windows 7, after the jump. I never thought I'd say this about a Windows operating system again after refusing to upgrade from Windows XP, but from what I've seen so far, Windows 7 is. My Macbook, which is two years old, runs it like a champ as a Boot Camp partition. Best of all, it works perfectly well on newer Macs sporting Intel processors. Over the weekend, I installed Windows 7 RC, a free, preview version of Microsoft's forthcoming operating system, the successor to Windows Vista. The Mac versus PC debate has gotten so ridiculous that even normal, sane people who wouldn't care one way or another are now hurling insults and tsk-tsking at family members and co-workers who have either fallen into the fruity Mac OS camp or the stodgy Windows world. You have to pick one or the other,' you'd be pretty mad, right?
If you went to your favorite pizza place and tried to order mushrooms and pepperoni and the waiter told you, 'I'm sorry but you can't order those two toppings together. My Windows 7 desktop is spare, but just give me a few weeks.