Installing Windows 7 in Parallels Desktop 7 (iPad 2 Giveway)

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• Windows 7 Install
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[Trinidady00]

Hi, I'm a new Mac user.... If I install Windows 7 on my iMac, will I need to install an Anti-Virus software for Windows?

Thanks

[wkharris]

@Trinidady00 Glad you liked the video and welcome to Mac!  So here is the way to think of this - even thought your running Windows in Parallels, it is a Windows PC and as such is subject to virus's just like a real PC - so long answer but short answer is YES definitely! Have fun!

[chuy5683]

This is a great video, thanks for the tutorial! (wkharris)  I did like you to give me an advice on the last part of this tutorial that you gave. how many cores and ram should you used on for Mac LionOS and Windows 7 (x64) ultimate to maximize performance? should i make trial of iteration on changes to fin the best point? i'm interested on buying a 13" MacBook (Air/Pro) with an updated quadcore processor and 4-8Gb Ram with 500Gb SATA / 256 SD of Disk Space.

[wkharris]

@chuy5683 Thx for the comments and really number of core and ram depends on what you are running it on. Certainly I would not go more then 4GB of RAM on a laptop and you can tell it to use either two or all four cores, certainly more will get you better performance. In terms of the MacBook - stay with the PRO model not AIR, since the AIR does not have the processing horsepower you are going to want esp, for performance

[RonnieKiraRodriguez]

could you play games like this? n can u get virus ?

[wkharris]

@RonnieKiraRodriguez YES you can Play many games in a VM and YES make sure you buy Virus protection software for the VM

[MrBlainePavlovic]

@wkharris was going to ask the exact same question, but if i am only using parallels for games which i will download of a trusteed site is it necessary?

Thanks.

[mrgottaletgo]

wait so what if i already have windows 7 (already bought it) i have to buy it again from that site or something else.....

[Trinidady00]

@wkharris Thank you so much with the great video and your quick responds :)

Now time to go to get Norton...lol

[wkharris]

@NYatesTriathlon You Bet! Just start up Parallels, click the + at bottom lower left of window and select New Installation (Picture of DVD) then when it comes up hit the drop down that says Install From... point and click to where you have the image or ISO file and you should be good!  - Good Luck