Thanks Gavin, I dont want to sacrifice that much space so I will look at using a small external drive.
Regards, Adrian [email protected] On 26/03/2010, at 10:48 AM, Gavin Criddle wrote: > > Hi Adrian, > > 20 gigs would be heaps if you were just going to install 7, your software and > have room for updates and a bit of processing. > > You'd probably end up taking around 10 gigs for Windows 7. > > Personally, I'd put more if you can afford it - resizing the bootcamp > partition sucks, and you do need a lot of spare space to do it, usually > double the size you want the partition to be - eg if you want a 50 gig > partition, you'll may need 100 gigs of free space on your hard disk to do > this. It can be a bit of a messy process if you need to change. > > Otherwise, using a virtual machine might be a better option as you can always > resize that as you need with less hassle. > > Gav > > On 26/03/2010, at 10:42 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> >> Good morning all, >> >> Can some one please advise me how much disk space will be take if I install >> Windows 7 on an iMac (Intel & Snow Leopard) using Boot Camp or other >> appropriate software. >> >> I do not intend installing a lot of windows application as I only require it >> to run Family Search software and maybe use it to verify that my windows >> victim friends will be able to play the odd CD/DVD that I send them. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Adrian >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
