Re: Recommended Mountain Lion Partition Size

Hi--
First time here, career Windows/DOS WH hacker, new to Mac/Mountain Lion.
I want to add Windows 7 HP to my MBA; have full complement of 8GB/512 GB.
I expect to be doing next to nothing on ML; will be turning this excellent HW into a Win box. (cringing noted)
Q1: How much (minimal) space should I leave in the OS X partition? (I need ALL I can get on the Win 7 side for prof photo editing).
Q2: Can you supply a link to the currently recommended procedure for adding Win 7 to a MBA (mid-2012)?
Thanks very much for any assistance you may provide.
--ChetRoiBob

ChetRoiBob wrote:
Hi--
First time here, career Windows/DOS WH hacker, new to Mac/Mountain Lion.
I want to add Windows 7 HP to my MBA; have full complement of 8GB/512 GB.
I expect to be doing next to nothing on ML; will be turning this excellent HW into a Win box. (cringing noted)
Q1: How much (minimal) space should I leave in the OS X partition? (I need ALL I can get on the Win 7 side for prof photo editing).
Q2: Can you supply a link to the currently recommended procedure for adding Win 7 to a MBA (mid-2012)?
Thanks very much for any assistance you may provide.
--ChetRoiBob
30G, or if you only want Windows, 0G. (No OSX needed to run Windows)

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