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if I bootcamp my iMac.
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That depends on the game, but most if not all run better on Windows 7. You can also delete the boot camp partition later if you don't like it. You might want to use more than 20GB depending on what games you want to install. Also, use a 64-bit version of Windows 7 if you own it.
(Make sure not to accidentally delete your Mac OS X partition when installing Windows.)
(Make sure not to accidentally delete your Mac OS X partition when installing Windows.)
Thank-you, how can I avoid accidently deleting Mac OS X? I have a 20GB partition set out for it; I'm only going for games such as; Crossfire, AVA, and online FPS's.
And sadly; No I only own the 32-bit one; that'll still be good, right?
If you follow the directions in Boot Camp Assistant (Applications - Utilities - Boot Camp Assistant) you won't have any issues with OS X. The installation is very straightforward and simple.
When you boot hold down the Option key, you will see a screen that provides the option of booting to Windows 7 or OS X. BTW I'd recommend you read Apples manual on Boot Camp setup:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
It will boot in to OS X, unless you hold down alt/option during the boot process which will allow you to chose the partition to boot off (OS X, Windows etc).
bah, ninja'd. Any who, that documentation link is very useful.
Haha, fair enough,
I am about to put the Disk in, do I need the Serial Code? I haven't got the box anymore, just the disk.
Could be. Unfortunately, with any MS product, you will always need the product key to install it.
Just a point of more clarification... When you partition and you load up Windows, the drivers for your wireless mac keyboard and mouse will NOT work, until you install them. The only way your going to be able to do that is to have a WIRED mouse and keyboard to do that. So have those nearby when you do it.
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Not correct. Your wireless apple kb and mouse will work.
How do I know this? Because I dont own a single wired keyboard or mouse and I got Boot Camp up and running fine on my iMac.
RoqueCub said:
Not correct. Your wireless apple kb and mouse will work.
How do I know this? Because I dont own a single wired keyboard or mouse and I got Boot Camp up and running fine on my iMac.
Actually, I had A LOT of issues with getting my Apple bluetooth keyboard to work, and a short google search will show you that many many other did as well. You must have been lucky.
That being said, if you only have a wireless keyboard, when you want to boot into Windows, you will need to do so through system preferences. I made a little automator app that does it just for connivence sake.
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I actually have some questions related to this. I assume it is, but just to make sure, it would be possible to install Windows on a partition of the SSD and then partition a part of the internal 1TB drive for data for Windows similar to the set us with an SSD + HDD in OSX?
Also, when I have my Time Machine plugged in and boot into Windows, 50% of the time it just won't boot (black screen), and the other 50% of the time it asks to boot into safe mode. Any way to stop this so I don't have to worry about forgetting to unplug my Time Machine HDD?
Also I should mention, I use Windows 7 and I have installed it on two different iMacs (2010 and 2011 models) and both times have never experienced any issues with immediate or future apple keyboard and mouse pairing. I've also googled it and I think the main problem people are having is that they are allowing Windows to install generic bluetooth drivers from Microsoft first. All you gotta do is install those bootcamp drivers right when you get into Windows for the first time before Windows starts going Windows update crazy and you shouldn't have a problem. But even during installing Windows, both kb and mouse works fine. I'm guessing the issue could also stem from the type of model your iMac is.
Why can you only boot through system preferences if you only have a wireless keyboard?
I can boot just fine by holding the Option key at startup.
Yes, you can do this. When you use Boot Camp Assistant again, you'll have the option to "Create a second Windows partition for Windows" when you select the HDD.
You can also use the HDD for Windows without partitioning it if all you want to do is use it for backups or for general storage. Under Windows, it's just another connected hard drive. I've done this before to backup some Steam games.
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