HT5634 How to Install Windows 7 or 8 on my MacBook Pro

Welcome once again....I have a really bugging queston....I just got a MacBook Pro with 4GB and 750GB HDD and I want to partition my hardrive so I can use windows 7 or 8 on it... But when i go to the Boot Camp Assistant...This is what it says--Screen Shot

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    1) Apple/Mac and BC restrict the way you use the computer. Maybe not for you but for me. It does not allow you to create any other parttitions for Windows to use. You can't even re-partition the BC partition into 2 drives. That will HOSE the Windows system and maybe the OS X part.
    2) Apple/Mac does not allow the use of all the hardware. You can not use both graphic cards. switch between them. Windows Must use the descrete graphics adapter which cause the system to run hotter. This is a limitation imposed by Apple as with Reall Windows PCs that have both the Interl embedded and add-on descrete graphics you can switch between them.
    Actually BC 4 has been out since Lion shipped on new Mac's. BC 4 also restricted the installation of Windows to just Win 7, no more XP. Which was what you could do with Snow Leopard and BC 3
    Message was edited by: Shootist007

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