Heck, Im running windows 7 ultimate 64bit on my macbook, and its able to run SolidWorks premium 64bit without any trouble. I have a 2.4Ghz processor and only 2Gb RAM (soon to be 4). you will be fine. The install was very easy. If you have any trouble installing drivers you will need to activate the administrator account in windows and use that instead of your regular account when installing the drivers. You can deactivate it after all of the drivers are installed.