Boot Camp 4.0 System Requirements
Summary
This article explains the system and Microsoft Windows disc requirements for running Boot Camp 4.0.
Important: If your Mac has a Boot Camp partition with Windows XP or Windows Vista, you can continue to use your Boot Camp partition, but you can’t upgrade to Boot Camp 4.0.
Products Affected
Boot Camp, Mac OS X 10.6.8, OS X Lion
To use Boot Camp 4.0 with with Windows 7, you need the following:
- An Intel-based Mac.
- 2 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.
- Internet access.
- Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard, or OS X Lion.
- A USB keyboard and mouse, or a built-in keyboard and trackpad.
- An authentic, single, full-installation, 32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate disc.
- A built-in optical disc drive or a compatible external optical drive.
- 16 GB of available hard disk space for 32-bit or 20 GB of available hard disk space for 64-bit (see Does my computer support 64-bit?).
- Administrator account in Mac OS X to configure Boot Camp Assistant, located in /Applications/Utilities/.
- A blank CD or DVD, USB storage device, or external drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) to install the downloaded drivers.
Note: To format an external drive as MS-DOS (FAT), use Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
Additional Information
Be sure to install all required firmware updates for your computer.
Note: Windows 7 drivers are downloaded as part of the Boot Camp Assistant application.
Important: Apple does not provide technical support via phone for installing, using, or recovering Microsoft Windows. Support is available for using Boot Camp Setup Assistant, as well as installing or restoring Boot Camp software while booted into Windows. Support articles and discussions may also be available on Apple's support website.
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