Windows 7 as ONLY operating system

I would like to install Windows 7 in an Intel Mac mini as the PRIMARY/ONLY operating system (without Mac OS or boot-camp). I love my Macintosh and Macintosh hardware in general, but I need to provide a small-sized Windows 7 system for a very non-technical person, and would like to use Macintosh hardware if possible. Has anyone tried this, and if so, what happened? Thanks...

Hi all,
Nicholas: the hatter already has posted some answers to the same question you asked in the Windows Compatibility Forum.
Please don't cross-post in this Forum, it is considered to be not very polite.
While it is possible to have/make a Windows-only Mac (with or without the help of BootCamp) I personally would suggest to have at laest some small OSX partition on it as well.
Something around 15-20GB is sufficient with OSX Sbow Leopard when leaving out any additional software installations.
Apple sometimes releases Firmware and SMC updates for Macs that only install if run from an internal OSX partition and won't run if the OSX is on an external harddisk.
And they definitely won't run in Windows.
Regards
Stefan

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