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What's a good partition size for Windows 7 install using Bootcamp
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1200954" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>If you're doing stuff like that, I highly recommend you look into running Windows via <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/" target="_blank">VirtualBox</a> (free) rather than Boot Camp. Benefits:</p><p></p><p>1. You can have a tiny little virtual hard disk file that will only grow as you need space (i.e. you don't have any drama should you need to either reclaim or allocate more space to Windows).</p><p>2. You can run Windows simultaneously with OS X</p><p>3. You can "sleep" the virtual machine when you're done, just by closing the window, and then almost instantly "wake" the machine whenever you need it.</p><p>4. Performance is virtually the same as running natively in apps that don't require heavy 3D acceleration (like games).</p><p></p><p>Now, VirtualBox is not the most polished product in the world, but it does work - other options include VMWare <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/" target="_blank">Fusion</a> and <a href="http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/" target="_blank">Parallels Desktop</a>. In any case, it's a whole lot less heartache to use virtualization.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1200954, member: 24098"] If you're doing stuff like that, I highly recommend you look into running Windows via [URL="http://www.virtualbox.org/"]VirtualBox[/URL] (free) rather than Boot Camp. Benefits: 1. You can have a tiny little virtual hard disk file that will only grow as you need space (i.e. you don't have any drama should you need to either reclaim or allocate more space to Windows). 2. You can run Windows simultaneously with OS X 3. You can "sleep" the virtual machine when you're done, just by closing the window, and then almost instantly "wake" the machine whenever you need it. 4. Performance is virtually the same as running natively in apps that don't require heavy 3D acceleration (like games). Now, VirtualBox is not the most polished product in the world, but it does work - other options include VMWare [URL="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/"]Fusion[/URL] and [URL="http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/"]Parallels Desktop[/URL]. In any case, it's a whole lot less heartache to use virtualization. [/QUOTE]
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