Partitioning Windows 7 on a two year old Macbook

[hckia]

Is this advisable? I have everything important backed up just in case, but I thought I might as well ask before I try it in two weeks. Let me know what troubles I may run into so I can prepare for the worst (besides losing everything on my hard drive).

I purchased my Macbook in November of 2008 and I have kept in excellent condition.

Thanks guys!

-Macnewb

 

[celticpride678]

Everything should go fine.

 

[Covart]

Why would there be any issues? A hard drive is a hard drive, regardless if it's in a 2 year old Macbook or brand new MBP. As long as you have the space and neccesary hardware to support the Windows you're installing, you'll be fine.

 

[hckia]

Okay just wanted to make sure . I was also considering updating my macbooks OS to OS X 10.6 leopard (since i need an OC cd to partition my macbook through boot camp? am I wrong about this?), any reason I shouldn't do this?

Thanks again!

 

[logana]

Okay just wanted to make sure . I was also considering updating my macbooks OS to OS X 10.6 leopard (since i need an OC cd to partition my macbook through boot camp? am I wrong about this?), any reason I shouldn't do this?

Thanks again!

Yes you are wrong - what version of OSX are you running ?

You use Bootcamp assistant to create the partition - it should be in your Applications/Utilities folder.

You will need the Snow Leopard disc after you have installed Win 7 - for the drivers (nothing else)

 

[hckia]

Yes you are wrong - what version of OSX are you running ?

You use Bootcamp assistant to create the partition - it should be in your Applications/Utilities folder.

You will need the Snow Leopard disc after you have installed Win 7 - for the drivers (nothing else)

Okay, but if I don't have the disc wouldn't do any harm to just upgrade so I have a disc, right?

As for what OSX i'm running...

Mac OS X 10.5.8

 

[green86]

Okay, but if I don't have the disc wouldn't do any harm to just upgrade so I have a disc, right?

As for what OSX i'm running...

Mac OS X 10.5.8

Yea I'd update to 10.6. Its cheap (30$) and should be painless.

 

[blackburn]

Yeah upgrade it to snow leo. That way you don't have to be hunting for drivers in windows. (Use the snow leo dvd to install them)