Sunday, October 3, 2010
Windows 7 on Mac mini
Here's a quick video of Windows 7 starting up on my Mac mini. It really wasn't too bad to get set up considering I've never done anything like this before... Boot Camp sets up a Windows partition, then you run the Windows 7 install (which was pretty simple), then once WIndows 7 is running you toss in the Mac OS X install disc to add some drives, Mac keyboard functionality, printer drivers, and things like AirPort support and whatnot. Then, when you want to switch OSs, you restart and hold down 'option' to get the startup screen with two hard drives, and you simply pick the one you want... pretty neat for sure.
I did actually pick up a version of Parallels (5), but since Windows 7 seems to run all the games I have so far, I haven't bothered with installing Parallels (plus I don't have another version of a Windows OS to install.)
Anyways, thought you might be interested!
PS - Since the crap video from the crap camera that I shot this crap film with couldn't show it, the two hard drives from the beginning are labeled "Macintosh HD" (left) and "Windows" (right.) Kind of made the whole zoom in part a bit meaningless I suppose...
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