which one 32 bit or 64 bit?

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which version of windows 7 should i install? I am putting windows onto my mac mini so i can run a RC sim
 

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Definitely the 64 bit version. That allows Windows 7 to "see" and use all the memory you have installed. Otherwise with the 32 bit version you'll be limited to approximately 3.3 GB of memory.

FS loves memory and speedy graphics. :)
 

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Duh I new that. Trying to install now. I had a HDD ready for drivers but I have never seen the prompt to add them. Ugh this is confusing. It also said my bootcamp partition was not ntfs so it couldn't install. I hit the formatt button. Hopefully I have my Mac partition still
 
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Ok so I guess I did download the drivers lol. Updating them now. How do I get back to my Mac partition though?
 
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Crap geeze this is way easier than expected on the last boot it told me how to do it
 
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ok i am now using the Windows partition on my Mac Mini. It was so much easier that expected. just because i got confused i am going to throw this out there. when you first start out bootcamp tells you that it is going to install windows support onto a dvd or external hdd. that is the drivers it talks about earlier. when windows is installed just open that windows support click on the exe and viola a few minutes later all the drivers are up and running. thanks for the help chscag and brian..
 

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You should check out VMware if you have a spare $40 lying around - it works like a charm on my iMac - and is super convenient.
 
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Duh I new that. Trying to install now. I had a HDD ready for drivers but I have never seen the prompt to add them. Ugh this is confusing. It also said my bootcamp partition was not ntfs so it couldn't install. I hit the formatt button. Hopefully I have my Mac partition still

To the person that gave me negative feed back for this post sorry this came out condisending. I didn't mean it that way. I was more agreeing with the posts that were to my initial post. It was a slap forehead moment of me saying doh why don't I think these thing through before I post. Anyhow no hard feelings I'm just not the best poster.
 

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To the person that gave me negative feed back for this post sorry this came out condisending. I didn't mean it that way. I was more agreeing with the posts that were to my initial post. It was a slap forehead moment of me saying doh why don't I think these thing through before I post. Anyhow no hard feelings I'm just not the best poster.

I removed it. And please don't call out a rep issue in a public thread, PM a staff member and we'll get it sorted out... that's what we're here for! :D
 

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