I recently purchased an intel mac mini with 10.7.1 installed and have no disc.

I was interested in installing windows using bootcamp since none of my mac programs work with the mini. Could someone tell me exactly what discs i would need and which version of windows is compatable?

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As to BootCamp 4.0.3:
"3. Which versions of Windows work with Boot Camp 4.0?
You can use Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, or Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate with Boot Camp 4.0. Windows XP and Windows Vista are not supported with Boot Camp 4.0. "
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818#3
Otherwise, you will need a program such as Parallels 7 to run Microsoft Windows Vista. I have the mid-2011 Mac Mini, which came with Lion pre-installed, but I was able to create a Windows XP environment inside of Parallels 7:
Using the same installation of Parallels 7 you can install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels 7 and run that in Lion and have access to your PowerPC applications:
[click on either image to enlarge]
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions are here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439

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