MBPro i7 -- Any Tips Before I Trash Win 7 and Reinstall?
Latest MB Pro 17, Core i7, 8GB RAM. The Boot Camp/Win 7 Pro (retail package) 64-bit install seemed to work properly. The subsequent Boot Camp Drivers downloaded and installed properly. Win 7 activated normally. No software installed other than Boot Camp Drivers. Win 7 will run only a couple of minutes before crashing with a Black screen and memory dump.
Start from scratch I know about. Any other ideas? Should I have installed as 32-bit?
TIA!
There was no reason an Intel MacBook / MacBook Pro couldn't use Windows 7.
Apple's drivers are always iffy. Your OEM Snow Leopard with new MBP will have to have newer / latest drivers.
You shouldn't take everything Apple says about Windows and support as gospel, try taking with a grain of salt.
I'm sure the i7 is much faster and nicer, but not required. And Pro is only required for dual cpu sockets, and use to be needed to run XP Mode (that was dropped recently by Microsoft).
I don't see that you needed W7 Pro or a new MBP.
Apple does have trouble with two things: booting Windows 64-bit DVDs on some Macs; addressing more than 2GB on earlier Intel Macs that had 32-bit EFI (instead of Unified EFI 2.x which is 64-bit).
64-bit Windows has better threading, multicore support, memory handling. And can be more secure. Strongly recommend for anyone with 4GB. Doubt you would see or notice your apps running better or different. And having to use 64-bit drivers should not be an issue (isn't on my three systems).
Windows Home Premium would have done the trick probably. And there are methods to install 64-bit even on old MacBooks, though probably due for an upgrade anyway!
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