Windows 7 on iMAC 27" , I need help in the decision please?

Hi All,
I just got the iMAC 27" i7 with 4GB RAM and planning to upgrade to 8GB soon. I need to install Windows, but as I heard that BOOTCAMP supports vista and windows 7 is not officially supported,
should i go for vista?
or try to install windows 7? what are the issues?
* If windows 7, should I go to Windows 7 64bit & why?
I do really need some guidance in this one....

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
Apples BootCamp lets you install a 32-bit Windows XP with at least SP2 or Windows Vista onto an Intel-based Mac.
And 64-bit Windows Vista on these Macs http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
Windows 7 support is currently in the pipeline.
See the Tech Specs of BootCamp here http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899
And the announcement of Windows 7 support http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3920
Personally I use XP 32-bit and never had any problem.
I avoided Vista since I don't need it and therefor see no reason to shell out money for it.
Quite a lot of people have already installed Windows 7 even without official support from Apple.
The hatter has an ongoing thread full of helpful tips about Windows 7 http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1866970&tstart=15
With the 8GB RAM you plan to get I would suggest the 64-bit version of Windows 7, since with 32-bit Windows you won't be able to use all the RAM.
Regards
Stefan

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