New 27" iMac on the way

[Stealthipad]

Specs are as follows:
PROCESSOR 2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE I7

MEMORY 8GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 4X2GB

HARD DRIVE 1000Terabyte Drive and also
256GB Solid State Hard Drive boots super FAST

GRAPHICS ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5

OPTICAL DRIVE 8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE

This iMac will ONLY be used for Windows 7 Ultimate. (sorry)

I assume the SSD drive will have OSX on it for the fast boot. What would be the smallest "comfortable" bootcamp partition for OSX so I could use the majority for WIN7 64bit and my Windows Software?

I would also assume that boot camp is my best choice as I would never use or boot to OSX unless updates were required. Boot camp would use the memory best if that is all I am going to use.

I would use the 1TB drive for file storage and secondary back up.

Your thoughts would be helpful.

 

[SpitUK]

Dude, noooooo, why just Windows?

 

[Hellhammer]

You can erase OS X if you don't need it. Otherwise, I would give it like 10-20GB.

 

[Stealthipad]

You can erase OS X if you don't need it. Otherwise, I would give it like 10-20GB.

Thanks.

Kinda scared to eliminate OSX 100%. Did not know you could do that!

Could you point me to the process and advantages and disadvantages of doing this?

I would always be able to re-install OSX with the disks before I sold the unit, would I not?

Thanks HH, I have always depended on your advice.

 

[Hellhammer]

Could you point me to the process and advantages and disadvantages of doing this?

Well, you save disk space but can't boot into OS X.

I would always be able to re-install OSX with the disks before I sold the unit, would I not?

Of course. That's the purpose of those discs

One option is to install Windows to the SSD and then create a small partition in the HD and put OS X there. Just in case you need it