Bootcamp on Lion--but which Windows 7 ?
I'm finally considering a bootcamp install of Windows 7 and am completely overwhelmed by the plethora of different Windows 7 versions available... Professional? Home? Ultimate? 32-bit? 64-bit?
I intend to do this mostly to play games—at this point, specifically Rift and EvE.
My system:
late 2009 27" iMac
2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
OS X 10.7.2
with well over 460 GB HD space to spare.
If anyone could take a moment and give me their recommendation on which Windows flavor I should choose, I would greatly appreciate the help!
Thanks!
I'm just a home/gamer type Windows user.
I have W7 Home Premium 64bit and works fine for me. I was worried about some of my older stuff but haven't had an issue yet, i've had it about 8 months now.
W7 Pro (for $100 more) which I think is just Home Premium with XP built in so you can go into XP mode to run some older stuff that won't work in W7. And from what I can figure out Ultimate, etc, is set up more for business's.
Windows 64bit you can use ALL the available ram and 32bit is maxed out between 2 and 3 gigs no matter how much ram you have installed. Most of the Retail/Upgrade versions have 32bit and 64bit installers combined so you can use either one. If the applications are written for a 64bit OS then it will run that much faster.
My 2 cents worth anyway....
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