bootcamp on 128 gb air?

[hks777]

is it possible(yes it is,but is it going get to small?) to use bootcamp (with windows 7) + rift (8gb) and also some smaller programs?

it is a big price different 200$

 

[ryan.apham]

is it possible(yes it is,but is it going get to small?) to use bootcamp (with windows 7) + rift (8gb) and also some smaller programs?

it is a big price different 200$

You can use crossover, a program which does not require you to install a copy of Windows but still allows you to install some applications for Windows. The list of applications can be found on their website.

Cheers,

Ryan A. Pham

 

[hks777]

You can use crossover, a program which does not require you to install a copy of Windows but still allows you to install some applications for Windows. The list of applications can be found on their website.

Cheers,

Ryan A. Pham

i am sorry that is not an option

 

[danpass]

gonna be pretty small. you'd likely only be happy with a minimum 40gb for the bootcamp partition.

which obviously leaves just 80gb for OSX.

I just did it on a 256gb and was really waffling about 60gb so I stuck with 40gb.

 

[jamesr19]

If you don't use windows much then create a small partition (just big enough for the OS and a few essential programs) then install the rest of the windows applications onto a USB drive/SD card so you can use them when you need them

Alternatively use a VM of windows with a resizable disk from within Mac <- my preferred option as you won't have to have 2 copies of Word as you can use Mac version and copy/paste between the two (using Parallels)

 

[hks777]

gonna be pretty small. you'd likely only be happy with a minimum 40gb for the bootcamp partition.

which obviously leaves just 80gb for OSX.

I just did it on a 256gb and was really waffling about 60gb so I stuck with 40gb.

ok thank you

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If you don't use windows much then create a small partition (just big enough for the OS and a few essential programs) then install the rest of the windows applications onto a USB drive/SD card so you can use them when you need them

Alternatively use a VM of windows with a resizable disk from within Mac <- my preferred option as you won't have to have 2 copies of Word as you can use Mac version and copy/paste between the two (using Parallels)

great idea about the usb stick

 

[KPOM]

Note that the USB card is going to be a lot slower than the internal SSD. If you can afford the 256GB SSD I'd go for it. Granted, I did manage for the last 2 years to cram both OS X and Windows 7 onto a 128GB SSD, but I didn't have an 8GB game on Windows. Note that the 128GB SSD is only 121GB, while the 256GB SSD is 251GB (meaning you have 130GB more space).