New to running Vista on a Mac. Advice please

I am about to purchase a MacBook with a 320GB hard drive a 4GB of Ram.
I would like to have the ability to occasionally run Windows Vista.
Should I partition the hard drive right way or can this be done later?
I was thinking perhaps 250GB for the Mac OS and 70GB for Vista, does this sound reasonable?
I'm not sure which version of Vista to purchase for a MacBook, Home Basic, or Home Premium.
Are there any Web sites to help a beginner learn about running Windows on Mac?
Thank you for helping a beginner.

Should I partition the hard drive right way or can this be done later?
It can be done later
I was thinking perhaps 250GB for the Mac OS and 70GB for Vista, does this sound reasonable?
Depends on how you want to use Vista and what for, what applications you need to install and so on.
I'm not sure which version of Vista to purchase for a MacBook, Home Basic, or Home Premium.
Check the Microsoft site for the differences and see whether you need the extra features of Home Premium.
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http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html

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