Windows 7 on iMac: A few questions

Hi,
I am considering replacing my current Windows 7 PC with an iMac.
Since I have lots of Windows 7 software/apps which I will still need to use, I have a few questions:
1. What is the "best" way to enable a Windows 7 virtual instance on iMac?
     - Boot Camp
     - Parallels
     - Other?
2. Do I need to partition the iMac HDD to enable this? If so, which tools would you recommend to do this relatively easily?
3. Do I need a separate dedicated NTFS-formatted external HDD for the Windows 7 virtual instance?
Thanks!
Kevin

Kevin Delgadillo1 wrote:
Hi,
I am considering replacing my current Windows 7 PC with an iMac.
Since I have lots of Windows 7 software/apps which I will still need to use, I have a few questions:
1. What is the "best" way to enable a Windows 7 virtual instance on iMac?
     - Boot Camp
     - Parallels
     - Other?
2. Do I need to partition the iMac HDD to enable this? If so, which tools would you recommend to do this relatively easily?
3. Do I need a separate dedicated NTFS-formatted external HDD for the Windows 7 virtual instance?
Thanks!
Kevin
1. There is no best way. There are advantages and disadvantages to both, so each exist to accomodate your needs. If you are run graphics intensive Windows apps suchs as 3D gaming, CAD/CAM, etc then you would benefit by booting into Boot Camp, however if your apps are more office traditional then running virtualization apps such as Parallels or VM Fusion is absolutely the way to go. The advantage of Boot Camp is it's a dedicated Windows Machine, you can boot into either Boot Camp (Windows) or OS X but you cannot do both simultaneously. If you decide on virtualization the performance is great and you can run OS X and Windows together. Many switchers (myself included) started with both OS's on their Macs but over time drop using MS Windows after they have migrated all their Windows apps to OS X based apps.
2. If you decide on the Boot Camp option then launch Boot Camp Assistant and it will walk you through setting up the partition, if you buy virtualization apps then follow the install instructions that come with the app.
3. No.

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If you open Activity Monitor it may show a process, or processes, that occupy a lot of your system's time.
Slowness confined solely to web browser activity is often the result of an inexorable progress toward websites that demand ever more processor-intensive tasks. If your slow performance is strictly limited to web browsing, you might try disabling Flash by either uninstalling it, or use utilities such as ClickToFlash that allow you to control what Flash content gets loaded. Flash in itself is not inherently evil, but there is nothing to stop websites or the advertisers who pay for them from writing horrible Flash code that can do everything from hogging 100% of your CPU's time to causing random crashes. You can watch Activity Monitor as in the above to correlate these troublesome web pages with performance degradation.
You are correct; if your computer shipped with Tiger you may certainly revert to it. I forgot that Tiger was shipping on new Macs as recently as five years ago. To downgrade it would be necessary to completely erase your hard disk and boot with the Tiger installation DVD, followed by installing it anew. Such drastic measures are not necessary and you are unlikely to be satisfied with the results anyway.
Assuming your system is free of third party parasitic junk attached to OS X in an ill-conceived attempt to improve upon it, that your hard disk drive is sound and the boot volume has enough free space to work with, by far the best performance-enhancing improvement would be to add more memory. Buy as much as your computer can use and that you can afford. 2 GB is not that much any more.
Read the following for some recommended troubleshooting techniques from Apple:
General purpose Mac troubleshooting guide: Isolating issues in Mac OS X
Creating a temporary user to isolate user-specific problems: Isolating an issue by using another user account
Memory limitations: Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used
Identifying resource hogs and other tips: Runaway applications can shorten battery runtime
Starting the computer in "safe mode": Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?

A few questions about Vista on my Intel iMac

Don't worry, I'm a die-hard Apple fan, but when it comes to gaming, I'm stuck booting into Windows. Right now, I have Windows XP, but would like to update it now to Vista to try it out and I have a few questions. To start out, I have the Intel Core Duo of course, but was wondering if these processors supported the 64-bit version of Vista. I found out the hard way that by not installing the 64-bit version of XP, it liked to run very slow. Also, how easy would it be to install Vista with Boot Camp? I think that's all I have for now.

Actually, it is Apple's responsibility to make iTunes Vista compatible. iTunes is Apple software, so on Vista it would be considered 3rd party software. Just as it is Microsoft's responsibility to make Media Player Mac compatible, which they have chosen not to do, but instead have abandoned the technology on the Mac platform, which is where Flip4Mac comes in.

A few questions about using PS3 with 27" iMac display...

Hey people, I had a few questions about how I could possibly get my ps3 connected to the iMac's 27" screen. First of all, could you guys list some adapters that would be able to convert the HDMI to Mini displayport? That would be great. The only one I know of is that Dr. Bott Digital Video link.
Okay secondly, I was wondering if I do get the the ps3 connected with the iMac's display with an adapter to convert HDMI to mini DisplayPort, would it be in HD? Would I be able to play ps3 games or watch blu-ray movies in 1080p HD format?
Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Discussions!
This has been asked a number of times here since the intro of the 27" iMac. The answer is very expensive US$149 or more converters and sometimes even more expensive to maintain the resolutions that you seek.
http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/09db/dvi-to-mini-displayport.html
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Thinking of getting an iPad but have a few questions

After using the iPhone 4 (3GS previously) and really liking the OS on it, I am thinking of purchasing an iPad to make reading ebooks easier, also, having the iPad would be more convenient for me to quickly go on the net in my home (or other wifi area, but mostly home use) to seek information and also check, send emails, rather than having to switch the computer on all the time and then having to wait for it to load up and also with the iPad, the larger screen would make email, internet use and ebook use more pleasurable due to the iPad's larger screen when compared to using my iPhone.
I have a few questions that I would like to ask to iPad users, who could perhaps answer them for me?
In my household we have 2 iTunes libraries, one for my iPhone and one for my girlfriend's iPod. I created a separate iTunes library for each of the devices so that each one would have a totally separate library and therefore the possibility of having one overwriting the others library would be impossible.
Now ideally I would be wanting to create a separate iTunes library for the iPad, but I would want to add the music and apps, email accounts, bookmarks that I have on my iPhone and add them onto my iPad. Would this possible?
Also. I believe some apps have specific versions for either iPhone or iPad, so would the iPhone versions of the apps run on the iPad, or would I need to download the iPad versions of those particular apps?
Also. I have a number of DVD's that I have converted and then dragged and dropped the video off of them into iTunes. If I am correct, would I need to reconvert those videos/DVD's again, as the video size (screen size) would be for the iPhone and therefore a smaller screen, which would not look very good on the iPad's much larger screen. If this is the case, can anyone recommend a good video converter for converting video for the iPad and what settings need to be used for the iPad?
I also would be wanting to have a number of photos on the iPad. To get them onto the iPad, is it just a simply matter of selecting the pictures I have on my computer that I want added to my iPad, and then just dragging and dropping them into iTunes, then connecting and syncing the iPad to get them added on to the iPad, or is there an easier method?
Thanks in advance

Funny you should mention Macs, but I'm thinking of my next computer been an iMac, and using the Parallel Desktop software so that I can have functionality of been able to switch to Windows when needed to run the programs that are not Mac compatibly. I'm swaying towards Mac has I have heard their OS is more reliable and secure compared to Windows, and the need to have anti virus and anti spyware programs on a Mac is not really needed, but I figure if I can run Windows on a Mac then I have the best of both worlds, anyhow back on to topic
I do indeed take backups of the various libraries and related data for them.
I have used the Dropbox app and was impressed, but I did prefer an app called iFiles which allows me to carry various files/files types around with me on my iPhone, such as PDF files, Word doc files etc.
The reason I use the method of having a separate iTunes library for each device we use on the computer, (my iPhone, girlfriend's iPod, and soon maybe an iPad) is because I accidentally replaced the music I had on an iPod I had at the time with my girlfriend's music. So from then on, that's why I have created a separate library for each Apple device, and so far I have never accidentally messed up another devices contents.
Thanks for the help its much appreciated.

Problem installing windows 7 on imac 27" i7 mid 2011

I myself have a 27" i5 mid 2010 model but a friend of mine recently got a 27'' i7 he wanted to instal windows 7 because he also uses other software aswell
Specs of his iMac 27'' :
Thunderbolt
HD Facetime Camera
4gig of memory
2gig videocard
1T HDD
OsX 10.7 Lion completly updated
Oke here is my and his story/problem:
I start bootcamp download the software i need too install bootcamp on windows 7 Ultimate.
After that i create a partition 200 gig for windows 7 Ultimate. i click on the button to start the install.
After the restart i press enter and the windows setup starts after some clicks i format the bootcamp partition as explained by apple in there support.
I click on install windows start to install after the first boot it wil compleet the install normally this wil install the drivers and you get normal resolution ect,
this doesn't happend. It keeps the big chunky resolution. so that tells me that the drivers aren't installed.
After windows compleets the installation it restarts does a video test, and brings us to the screen where you need to fill in your name and password then windows asked a few things and the world time ect, and when you click on done or compleet. Normally you will get something like this (Please wait a moment windows is preparing your desktop) instead of that the mac restarts, (but the windows dvd is still in the superdrive because you cant get it out) it asked me if i want to press a button to instal windows no i wont, so i wait it counts down so it wil start up windows. now here is the problem it doesnt startup to windows it hangs and does nothing.
I my self have a mid 2010 27'' i5 model and had a blank screen everytime i tryed to instal windows 7 ultimate, i learned that there was a download available where you can create a MBRFAT USB stick where you copy a .xml file and a driver map so windows got the right drivers for my model so it would install succefully,here a link http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3173 where i found it.
Is there something like this available for the
iMac 27'' model mid 2011
with a 2gig videocard
Thunderbolt
HD facetime camera
4gig memory
10.7 Lion
Any help or links would be nice

Oke we are still fighting with this after finished installing windows 7 hangs problem!
My question now is can this problem as mentiond above be caused by plugged in USB devices he also uses a world of warcraft mouse and a logitech keyboard G19 version that can be used with world of warcraft.
He also he got a Sitecom powered USB hub 10 port, and uses 2 WD elements external USB HDD 2Terra connected to the hub that uses 1 port on the mac the other 2 on the mac are the keyboard and mouse that he uses for world of warecraft and there is 1 left on the mac that he uses for his iphone or usb stick.
We are also looking for the new drivers for the i7 mid/late 2011 models so that have a AMD Radeon HD 6970M with 2 GB GDDR5 installed so windows can be installed correctly?
Thanks for any help on this matter..

Bootcamp newcomer - a few questions

Hi there,
I'm running a 21.5" Mid 2011 iMac with 16GB RAM and am considering using bootcamp to install windows so that I can play some games through Steam.
After a lot of research online and looking at various forums, websites and various things I'm still left with a few questions that are unanswered and don't want to jump into something like this without 100% knowledge as I've not touched a windows OS in over 10 years.
1. I read somewhere that windows 7 will soon be no longer supported by bootcamp, is this true? I don't really want to be forking out over £100 for a Windows 8 OS when I've seen windows 7 on eBay for ~ £40.
2. This is what I was considering buying on eBay, is this what I was having in mind buying. Would this be what I'd need? (sorry if links like this are prohibited I've never posted on these forums before) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional-64bit-SP1-Full-Instal l-Version-COA-Product-Key-/281542868043?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item418d433c4 b
3. If I do go for the windows 7 OS would it then become obsolete in the long run (would i have to eventually upgrade to 8 in order for bootcamp to still work and me still be able to play my games?)
4. Once I have windows installed through bootcamp, would I have to have an antivirus or anything similar running on my newly installed Windows side of my Mac?
Thanks

TheTakk wrote:
1. I read somewhere that windows 7 will soon be no longer supported by bootcamp, is this true? I don't really want to be forking out over £100 for a Windows 8 OS when I've seen windows 7 on eBay for ~ £40.
On older versions of OS X (Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion) XP and Vista can still be installed. You can also use Virtualization engines like Fusion, Parallels or VirtualBox to run VMs with older versions of Windows. Please see Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows operating systems - Apple Support.
2. This is what I was considering buying on eBay, is this what I was having in mind buying. Would this be what I'd need? (sorry if links like this are prohibited I've never posted on these forums before) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Microsoft-Windows-7-Professional-64bit-SP1-Full-Instal l-Version-COA-Product-Key-/281542868043?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item418d433c 4 b
The DVD in that specific link comes with a DELL PC and is a re-installation DVD. I would recommend not buying such versions. These are for OEM restore use only.
3. If I do go for the windows 7 OS would it then become obsolete in the long run (would i have to eventually upgrade to 8 in order for bootcamp to still work and me still be able to play my games?)
No. Once W7 is installed, it is self-contained. You are the mercy of M$ for security patches.
4. Once I have windows installed through bootcamp, would I have to have an antivirus or anything similar running on my newly installed Windows side of my Mac?
Yes. It is highly recommended. You can install Free versions from various vendors which support free personal use, or buy a commercial license for others.

Windows 7 on iMac: A few questions

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