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 > adrianske...@me.com > > > > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > -- 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:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
