Advice on Installing Windows 7 on a MBP 17"

Need some advice on install Windows 7 (barebones) on a Mac 17" MBP.
It is possible to instaall Windows 7 with out all the crap that MS has in Winows 7 and does it play nice once you do have it installed with ParallelsDesktop-7.0.15054.722853 or would I be better at installing VirtualBox instead.
The only reason I'm going this route after almost five years or running straight Mac is that there are still backward sites on the net that don't recognize Safari, FF or Chrome as alternatives to IE as well as Corel and their thinking that PaintShop Pro is'nt good enough for the Mac Platform.
Any help would be appriciated. I probably won't be able to join in the conversation as is I'm on the road for thenext few day.

Well, my 2cts would be to check out the forums of the different VM's and see what or if any one is having issues with what you may be using or thinking about using.
You might be thinking of a "computer bundle" version of Windows, (Dell, HP, etc,) yeah """without all the crap that MS has in Winows 7""" they do come with a bunch of "Trial" stuff, but the standalone version, to me anyway, doesn't seem to have near as much.
About the only major drawback with a VM is it shares the computers resources like ram, processor, etc, so the larger applications may not work because of it.
For me I'm in Windows long enough to have a physical copy via Boot Camp (I need the hardware) and I use Parallels (I use BC for the VM) for the temporary/quick things like reading a .docx or some silly thing I get and have to have it translated or accessing a web site that needs IE.
The one thing that sticks out for me with Parallels (6.x) is they have a "Coherence Mode" that runs in the background, any Windows items you click on in the Mac OS side, will just open instead of "Booting" into the full VM. Won't work with the "Mega" applications but for the few times you may need it it's fine.
I really can't give you more info on Parallels as I forget I even have it to use most of the time. (got it as a package bundle, couldn't pass it up, I would have bought one of them anyway.)

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pungpoui wrote:
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while usually the correct way to remove your Windows partition is to use the BootCamp Assistant again which should give you the option to remove the made Windows partition and revert back to one OSX volume.
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