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lannim

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Apr 6, 2011
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I'm the proud owner of a new imac i7, and i have windows 7 that I intend to install on bootcamp. I have a couple questions, which I know have been discussed a thousand times in the forums, but the threads are old and I can't seem to find a sure answer for them.

1. Can I use my apple wireless keyboard and magic mouse during installation of windows 7, or do I have to have a usb mouse?

2. After windows is installed, does the bluetooth keyboard work to hold option at startup and choose which partition to boot from.

3. If the answer to 2 is "no" or "sometimes", how could i go about choosing to boot into os x once im in windows. I know in os x I can go system preferences-startup disk. Is there a similar functionality in windows?

Thanks in advance, and sorry for beating a dead horse, or whatever the hell that saying is ;)
 
1. Can I use my apple wireless keyboard and magic mouse during installation of windows 7, or do I have to have a usb mouse?

no.

they won't work until you installed the boot cam drivers.

2. After windows is installed, does the bluetooth keyboard work to hold option at startup and choose which partition to boot from
.

it doesn't work for me (on the Mac side)

3. If the answer to 2 is "no" or "sometimes", how could i go about choosing to boot into os x once im in windows. I know in os x I can go system preferences-startup disk. Is there a similar functionality in windows?

yes.

it's in control panels.
 
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