Need urgent advise - Can MBA 11.6 run Win 7 ?

mjoshi123 · 09:21 PM

My wife uses 13" MBP 2010 2.4GHZ version with 8GB RAM + 240GB SSD. Even with SSD it is not super fast machine in any sense. I'm thinking about picking up 2012 MBA wit 8GB RAM + 128GB SSD. I want to know if that is good enough to run Windows on VMWare ? She will need it because of her work.

This is urgent as I need to pick something before christmas

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I'm going to sell her 2010 MBP which had Snow Leoperd and then I upgraded it to OSX 10.7 on it. So how do I reinstall everything on that system so I can sell it. I'm asking what is way to restore system back to factory default.

jvpython · Dec 19, 2012, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by mjoshi123

My wife uses 13" MBP 2010 2.4GHZ version with 8GB RAM + 240GB SSD. Even with SSD it is not super fast machine in any sense. I'm thinking about picking up 2012 MBA wit 8GB RAM + 128GB SSD. I want to know if that is good enough to run Windows on VMWare ? She will need it because of her work.

This is urgent as I need to pick something before christmas

.

I'm going to sell her 2010 MBP which had Snow Leoperd and then I upgraded it to OSX 10.7 on it. So how do I reinstall everything on that system so I can sell it. I'm asking what is way to restore system back to factory default.

A 2012 MBA with 8GB RAM + 128GB SSD will definitely run Windows 7 in VMWare. Very well even. You have nothing to worry about. I ran it fine with my old 2008 MacBook with 4GB RAM

siphyn87 · Dec 20, 2012, 02:28 AM

Not only will windows 7 run, but windows 8 will also run perfectly. I currently have windows 8 running in bootcamp/VMware. The drivers work perfectly with the exception of the volume overlay not popping up when you increase/decrease the volume. Which is fine by me.

mjoshi123 · Dec 20, 2012, 05:00 AM

Thank you guys for your help, how do i go about resetting it to factory default and how do I install Lion back on it as there is no disc for Lion.

ROLLTIDE1 · Dec 20, 2012, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mjoshi123

Thank you guys for your help, how do i go about resetting it to factory default and how do I install Lion back on it as there is no disc for Lion.

CMD+ R at boot

Dec 19, 2012, 09:14 PM	#1
mjoshi123 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2010	Need urgent advise - Can MBA 11.6 run Win 7 ? My wife uses 13" MBP 2010 2.4GHZ version with 8GB RAM + 240GB SSD. Even with SSD it is not super fast machine in any sense. I'm thinking about picking up 2012 MBA wit 8GB RAM + 128GB SSD. I want to know if that is good enough to run Windows on VMWare ? She will need it because of her work. This is urgent as I need to pick something before christmas . I'm going to sell her 2010 MBP which had Snow Leoperd and then I upgraded it to OSX 10.7 on it. So how do I reinstall everything on that system so I can sell it. I'm asking what is way to restore system back to factory default. __________________ My gadgets - Sony Vaio FW290 CTO, Dell XPS M1330, MBP 13 2.4GHz 2010, iPod Touch 64Gb/8GB, Zune 32GB, HTC Touch Pro-2, Palm Pre (My Favoraite device), Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh Last edited by mjoshi123; Dec 19, 2012 at 09:21 PM.
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mjoshi123 Thread Starter macrumors 6502 Join Date: Apr 2010	Thank you guys for your help, how do i go about resetting it to factory default and how do I install Lion back on it as there is no disc for Lion. __________________ My gadgets - Sony Vaio FW290 CTO, Dell XPS M1330, MBP 13 2.4GHz 2010, iPod Touch 64Gb/8GB, Zune 32GB, HTC Touch Pro-2, Palm Pre (My Favoraite device), Dell Mini 9 Hackintosh
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Dec 20, 2012, 02:28 AM	#3
siphyn87 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Columbus, OH	Not only will windows 7 run, but windows 8 will also run perfectly. I currently have windows 8 running in bootcamp/VMware. The drivers work perfectly with the exception of the volume overlay not popping up when you increase/decrease the volume. Which is fine by me.
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