Windows 7 on MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy) from 2006?

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I'm about to install Windows 7 32-bit on a MacBook Pro.
Would anyone help me figure out Apples definition on "MacBook Pro early 2006"?
During 2006, Apple released:
Macbook Pro (late 2006)
MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy) in may (16th)
and MacBook Pro (released in january).
I have the one from May. Will it work?
Here's a link:
System requirements
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986
List of released MacBook Pros
http://support.apple.com/specs/#macbookpro
I would be relieved and grateful if an answer shower up!
Thanks!
/Hjalmar
Stockholm, Sweden

I have exactly the same Macbook Pro as yours but mine has the matte screen. I bought mine in September 2006 but it is classed by Apple as the 'early 2006' Macbook Pro because they released the 'late 2006' Macbook Pro in October 2006, a few weeks after I bought mine :@. As I said in my post, http://discussions.info.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2307301&tstart=0 , Windows 7 is working fine on my Macbook Pro, so it should work on yours. Good luck!

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