Boot Camp what Windows disk can i get away with?

looking to put boot camp on our i-mac, also want to upgrade our windows laptop to windows 7.
Do i have to buy the Ultimate or Professional (windows 7) version or can i get away with Windows 7 Home Premium?
Thanks

Chart here:
http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7skuscompare.asp
The number of physical processors (sockets) is limited to only one with Home Premium. Professional or Ultimate allow for 2.
You could have Mac Pro 2006-7 with two dual-core processors and need Professional x64 to use both and to use more than 2GB.

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Im designing a poster (A3). As I know 300ppi is the acceptable standard for high quality printing but Its not a simple task to find materials in that resolution. What you think…can I get away with 150 ppi instead? This poster is for educational proposes only.
Thank
S

150 ppi will not hold < 12 pt type very well. Of course a raster doc won't hold it well at all if you're printing to a low linescreen.
All answers depend on your exact printing process.
But if you can keep the elements in your design that should be vector (traditionally logos and type) as vector, then cheating to 150 ppi will be OK.
I would create your document at the highest image resolution and upsample files. No sense in throwing away info on the files that have it. Of course I don't have to upsample much as I never steal from the internet and retch high-quality images. So someone else might be able to speak to the advantage/disadvantage of this.
J

What kind of video intro can I get away with?

I would like to have a video of about the size and quality of this apple Final Cut Studio NAB video.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/?movie=nab
Only not nearly as long. Well under a minute for sure! Can I get away with this in iweb with autoload setup for the initial splash screen of my website. I'll be using a .mac account.
Is there a way to make it have some type of loading indicator and a skip past intro thing? Will it take 3 days to load? Advise? Thanks!

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The biggest factor on whether people will watch your movie intro is dependent on their connection speed. If all your viewers have cable/dsl then it probably isn't a problem, if you are getting lots of low speed visitors then they won't take the time to let it load—probably.
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Boot Camp problem: Windows install can't "see" USB keyboard

I just got my new iMac quad-core i5 and love it.
I tried using Boot Camp to install a copy of Windows XP, just see how it would run.
The installation went fine, until under Windows Setup I have to hit ENTER. Keep in mind, I'm using the old USB keyboard from my G5, which accepted commands up to that point; not the wireless keyboard/mouse that came with the iMac.
Nothing happens, and I have to do a hard reboot to get back out.
Any suggestions? Thanks...

Macaby wrote:
First of all, I have the new 21.5" iMac (also with the wireless keyboard). I did the "Bootcamp" gig with Windows 7 WITHOUT any trouble with the wireless keyboard. Why don't you try it with the standard wireless keyboard?
After about a day of using the wireless keyboard, I plugged in a Logitech keyboard and mouse because I use the extended features (numbers) for data entry. I've asked Santa for a Mac extended keyboard as I'm not that happy about the Logitech although it works fine on the Windows side.
I should add that I used the Magic Mouse as well installing Win 7 in BootCamp. Last night I installed the new Parallels 5.0 on my MB and like it so well that I would like to have it on my iMac as well. However, I've read that there are problems having both BootCamp and Parallels 5 on the same hard drive.

HT1461 after partitioning and hitting continue I get a message stating that boot camp stopped unexpectedly. Can not get passed this despite several attempts.

I am attempting to install Windows 7 and have launched Boot Camp. When I get to the screen that has me partitioning, when I submit continue I receive a message stating that Boot Camp has unexpectantly stopped. My options are to cancel, reopen, or report error. I have attempted this set-up several times without success. Any suggestions are most appreciated.

Windows will not boot from USB if the Mac has an internal optical drive. This is something that Microsoft implemented.

How can Nokia get away with it?!

Words cannot express how angry I am today, Nokia are taking every opportunity to make sure I never buy one of their handsets EVER again.
A few days ago I discovered the new v5 firmware was available for my N70, fantastic I thought, perhaps this will finally solve the problems I have with my phone, constantly resetting itself, not being able to enable SMS delivery reports, not being able to manually select a network, dropping calls when switching between 3G/2G, the list goes on..
I call Phonezone in Newton Abbot, my nearest service center, and ask them if they have the new firmware for the N70, yes they say, are you sure its v5 you have I ask, yes they say. Great. So today I make the 60mile round-trip to Newton to have my phone upgraded. I hand my handset over and come back for it 45 minutes later, all seems to be OK, but it still hasn't fixed the SMS reports or network selection problem, then I think to check the firmware version, low-and-behold, they have simply reflashed it wih version 3.
I head back to the shop, explain I already had version 3 and wanted version 5, the guy says he thought he had done that, and when I show him the version display on the handset he mumbles about some problem with 2 different versions of the generic software. I ask if he will put v5 on for me now, but he says he's now too busy, but he can do it if I leave my phone over the weekend, I can't be without my phone for that long and don't live in the area, so I say no, his only other alternative was for me to come back the next week.
So to summarise, I went 60miles, spent £15 on fuel, £2 on parking and £3 on coffee while I waited to have my phone reflashed with exactly the same thing as it came with. I could have stayed at home and achieved the same by doing a hard-reset.
Why is it Nokia persist to offer upgrades in this ridiculous manner? With my Sony Ericsson I could have sat down with a (free!) cup of coffee and done the upgrade online from the comfort of my chair in under 10 minutes. With Nokia I will have had to travel for 2 hours, 120 miles, at a cost of nearly £40 just to have a phone that is under warranty flashed with a firmware that may or may not fix my problems!
Absolutely ridiculous. Get this sorted Nokia, you've already lost me as a future customer.

It's not this single event, it's Nokia's whole after-sales support arrangement that has me annoyed.
The support and repair system is completely decentralised, with seemingly random shops having Service Center status, which is why you end up with situations where big cities like Exeter don't have a single Nokia service shop but tiny towns like Newton Abbot do. This de-centralisation leads to a complete breakdown in policy enforcement and standards.
The previous time I was getting the firmware upgraded I phoned round several service centres, one said they couldn't upgrade N70s without sending them away for 10 days, another said they would but they would not install the generic firmware for me (as I was on 3 at the time), another said they would swap the firmware over to generic but for £20, then final one I called said they would do it for free. These discrepancies becomes more evident in the actual service centres, some seem to be very professional, know exactly what they are talking about and what they are doing, others seem to know very little about the phones and make up policy on the spot.
Two of the service centres I have visited have been very organised, given me a receipt for my phone, had me fill in proper Nokia staionary forms and generally been professional, the others I have visited have not given me a receipt for my phone, even on request, not asked me to fill in forms, and not really seemed to know what was happening.
As for charges, I have been told on seperate occasions (sometimes by the SAME service centre) that firmware upgrades are:
- free under warranty
- free under warranty if there is problem with the handset
- £10 under warranty, £20 if not
- £20 regardless of warranty status.
And as for changing firware variant some of the replies I've had:
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- we can change the variant but it will cost you £20
- we can change the variant for free as part of a normal upgrade
What is the correct policy?! I would say to anyone who's service centre tries to charge them for an upgrade, just phone around, eventually you will find one that will do it for free!
Then there is the attitude of the staff, as before, some are very nice and understand that performing firmware upgrades is part of their duty as service centres and they do it when you ask, as quickly as possible. Others seem to take the attitude that firmware upgrades are a 'favour' they are doing for you, that because you're not handing over any money they can make you wait or refuse to do it.
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Why is Verizon so vile, and how can you get away with it?

Just got off the phone with someone on my 5th call to Verizon customer service on the same issue. They promised me additional data, for a price, then failed to add that data to my account. The first two calls they promised all was good and it would get applied on the next month. 3 more calls later I'm told it was never added, and that I'm out of luck. Seriously! I've now spend hours on this, and now I'm told to pound sand?
Previously, we also returned a device to verizon, that they said they never received. When I told them I would take them to small claims, she put me on hold, came back a few minutes later, then said that they got the device back? Wait I've been calling for months on this issue and the problem above and she magically finds it in 2 minutes. Just proves how crooked your company is.
I've posted about this on Facebook, and lots of my family and friends have had simlar experiences. I used to have t-mobie, and they were awesome. Just because yor the biggest today, doesn't mean that will be the case forever. Keep treating your cutomers like this and see where they end up.
Shame on Verizon, as it's a terrible terrible company.

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Shame on Verizon, as it's a terrible terrible company.

I am thinking of swapping to FInal Cut Pro X. Can I get away with buying a 2010 Mac Pro to use?

Would you recommend eight or twelve cores? Is the speed that important? How much memory? I read so much conflicting information. Sites that say anything over eight cores isn't worth it. Or you should only use six outof the eight memory slots. Or a single 3.33 quad core is better than 2.4 with eight cores.
I will be editing 1920x1080 60p either 35Mbps MPEG4 or 28Mbps AVCHD. Typically a single camera. Sometimes a multi camera shot.
I thought I would ask the Apple forum. I have read the minimum requirements for the software. But I know it is better to talk to people that actually use the product.

For what your editing and with only a single avchd camera, I would go for fewer cores and a higher cpu.
A 12 core would be overkill and would probably give you slower performance in tasks not directly related to export rendering.
A 4 core 3.33 quad core is absolutely faster than a 8 or even 12 core 2.4 in all tasks that don't use many cores. And Most tasks don't. But if given a choice, I prefer a six or eight core rather than a 4 core and would recommend enough memory and the highest cpu you could afford.
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I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).

I need to know which update(s) I can apply to help stabalize the system.

Typing the body of the thread message in the title, huh? -)
I am working on a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) with boot camp running Windows 7 pro 64-bit. Windows crashes quite often now-a-days and I need to get this fixed. I heard that updating boot camp can help. Currently I am running Version 3.0.4 (322).
Only Apple could hamstring and tie Mac OS to Windows. There isn't any other than whether you can download the drivers into Windows (you can) but Apple puts a block on the installer setup even if your mac does not support it.
Windows 7 needs at least Boot Camp 3.1 and 3.3 is what you should already have. And you are not getting security updates if you don't have at least 10.6.8 as was pointed out. --- you arent using Software Update as you should. And you should backup and clone Mac (and Windows) as well.
You need Mountain Lion to use Boot Camp 5.x which supports Windows 7 & 8 and 64-bit.
I would upgrade to Lion if you can realizing that Rosetta and PowerPC are no longer supported though.
Mac 101: Using Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1461
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Helpful Apple Support Resources (Forum Overview)
Boot Camp Support
Boot Camp Manuals
Boot Camp 5.0 Drivers
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdf
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/Boot_Camp_Install-Setup_10.6.pdfcreate a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.8.pdf
Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Is there a download of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software if I'm not using OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3?
Yes, you can download the Boot Camp 5 Support Software here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
How do I use the Boot Camp 5 Support Software I downloaded from the web page?
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Double-click the Boot Camp disk image.
Copy the Boot Camp and "$WinPEDriver$" folders to the root level of a USB flash drive or hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (see question below for steps on how to format).
Install Windows, leaving the flash or hard drive attached to the USB port of your Mac.
Installation of the drivers can take a few minutes. Don't interrupt the installation process. A completion dialog box will appear when everything is installed. Click Finish when the dialog appears.
When your system restarts your Windows 8 installation is done.
Note: If the flash drive or hard drive was not attached when you installed Windows and was inserted after restarting into Windows 8, double-click the Boot Camp folder, then locate and double click the "setup.exe" file to start the installation of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software.
How do I format USB media to the FAT file system?
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Open Disk Utility.
Select the disk you want to format for use with Windows computers.
Click Erase, and choose one of the following from the Format pop-up menu:
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If the size of the disk is over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.
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Click the Erase button and then click Erase again.
Which versions of Windows are supported with Boot Camp 5?
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I erased my windows partition using disk utility then realized I should have used boot camp, because now I can't resize the original partition and seem to be stuck with a ghost unusable space. Boot Camp now doesn't give me the option to install or re

I erased my windows partition using disk utility then realized I should have used boot camp, because now I can't resize the original partition and seem to be stuck with a ghost unusable space. Boot Camp now doesn't give me the option to install or remove windows partition.

Hi, Ralph,
The problem is that I did erase the partition, using disk utility, but I can't go back to my original disk size pre-partition, as disk utility won't let me do it and gives the message "Couldn’t modify partition map because file system verification failed." When I try to use Boot Camp Assistant it won't let me select the third option to remove windows.

Can't install Boot Camp on intended disk..

This is frustrating..
I've recently put a second drive, an SSD, into my iMac (late 2009) and am now trying to install Windows on the HDD. Boot Camp simply will not let me install a new partition on any other drive but the SSD. I've even gone so far as installing a second copy of Mountain Lion on the HDD, to be able to boot from there and set up Boot Camp from the HDD as the startup disk. No dice, BC still says this drive was.. "This disk is your Os X startup disk and appears to have been partitioned by another utility." Well yeah! By several in fact, the ML installer and Disk Utility before that.
Anybody know a route out of this hole, I want to install Windows on a partition of the 2TB SATA HDD that is in the primary HD location on the iMac. I don't want to format the ENTIRE 2TB for windows, and so far that's the only option that has been offered. Boot Camp will let me reformat the SSD to have a Windows partition, but not the HDD.
Thanks for any help,
max

The attitude of a lot of commenters is interesting.. Is that snotty nouveau, or what?
So it seems like even though the HDD is an internal disk Boot Camp for some reason can't partition it like it will partition the SSD. Mmm.. There's probably a way around this but not sure if I can figure it out. The reason I don't want to use the SSD is because it's a small drive and I don't want to waste the space on the windows partition.
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Boot Camp Partition & Windows Vista - Disk format Problems

When Boot camp partitions the disk (I chose 25gb) it automatically formatted it as FAT32. However, when installing Vista, it says that it requires the disk to be formatted as NTFS.
The Boot camp instructions says I should be given the option which format to use, but no option came up. I don't want to partition more than 32gb.
How do I get Boot camp to format the partition correctly?

Read the instructions that come with Leopard Boot Camp. The partition is automatically formatted at FAT32. However, it's a) not bootable (Windows has to do that) and b) Vista requires NTFS. That means once you're in the Vista installer you need to REFORMAT the partition. Select the partition, and then click, umm, disk options I think. Then reformat the drive. If you do that you should be able to continue.
100years wrote:
When Boot camp partitions the disk (I chose 25gb) it automatically formatted it as FAT32. However, when installing Vista, it says that it requires the disk to be formatted as NTFS.
The Boot camp instructions says I should be given the option which format to use, but no option came up. I don't want to partition more than 32gb.
How do I get Boot camp to format the partition correctly?

How much disk space is needed to run Boot Camp using Windows XP?

How much disk space is needed to run Boot Camp using Windows XP?

The hatter wrote:
But you can't install XP if you have a new Mac.
Try running XP in a VM or aquire Windows 7 which is the only one supported now.
And you will need more like 60GB for Windows 7, so I would skip on 20GB just to be safe.
20G is a fine minimum for XP, I was not responding to any inquiry about Win 7.

In which boot camp support software I can install the drivers for win 7 32 bit.my os is X10.8.5 and I install windows 7 32 bit but I can not install drivers

in which boot camp support software I can install the drivers for win 7 32 bit.
my os is X10.8.5 and I install windows 7 32 bit but I can not install drivers.
also my macbook pro model is MC723.

Read this. You need to be running Snow Leopard or later.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3986

I have an older Mac Pro (2006). I want to install Boot Camp and Windows. I have installrg a purchased Snow Leapord on the machine. To install Windows, am I limited to Windows 7? And where are the Windows 7/Boot Camp Drivers? On the OS disk? Download? Tha

I have an older Mac Pro (2006). I want to install Boot Camp and Windows. I have installed a boxed Snow Leapord on the machine. And it says the download of the Boot camp drivers cannot continue because they are not available. But at that point I have not inserted a windows disk, so how does it know i have XP?
So it appears I am limited to Windows 7? And where are the Windows 7/Boot Camp Drivers? On the OS disk?
Finally, since I have necer considered Windows 7 before, I assume there are no compatability issues with mainstream applications that were running in XP?
Thank you.

You're welcome
Just remember to reformat the partition (bootcamp partition) to NTFS with the windows installer, ensure to pick the correct partition.

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