Newbie - windows on mac

Hi all, I'm a newbie at mac-windows stuff and hope to get to-the-point info here rather than go through endless forum pages.
I'll be getting a 13" MBP (2.7GHz) with 8GB RAM in a few days' time. I plan to install windows on the MBP to run some windows-based software.
1) Windows 7 -- 32bit or 64bit? advantages, disadvantages?
2) I see bootcamp, parallels etc. Do i just need bootcamp or is parallels also needed? Does the latter cause any lag?
3) What other apps are needed? What does the whole process involve?
4) What are the potential issues that I might encounter during the process of getting Windows on the MBP?
Thanks in advance!

This is a great topic!
1) Windows 7 64bit would be recommended
2) Bootcamp will work fine but requires that you restart your mac to access Windows.
Parallels allows you to run Mac and Windows together.
3) You will not NEED any other apps. Apple provides everything you need.
The process involves partitioning your Macintosh HD, installing the disc, formatting the partition out of Journaled to NTFS, then going through the Windows install process. (very easy)
4) You may run into a problem if in the first boot.
My Support question
Solution credit of iChristo:
1. Run Boot Camp Assistant from Mac OS X Snow Leopard (Applications -> Utilities)
2. Create a partition for the Windows installation using Boot Camp Assistant
3. Plugin your install disc and install Windows 7
4. The system will reboot a couple of times during the installation
5. *The problem:* The second time the system reboots, you the see the Windows red-green-blue-yellow animated logo, and then the screen goes black and hangs infinitely.
6. Press and hold the power button on your iMac until it shuts down.
7. Start the iMac again holding “alt” key, so you can select and load Max OS X Snow Leopard again.
8. Run any application that let you work with NTFS partitions (e.g. Paragon NTFS for Mac OS X or MacFuse)
9. Find the file “C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ATIKMDAG.SYS” on your BOOTCAMP partition, and simply delete it.
10. Restart you iMac, and boot up Windows 7
11. Now Windows 7 should boot normally
12. Run update windows utility and install Boot Camp drivers from the Mac OS X install disc

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