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Yesterday Apple released Boot Camp 3.1, which provides support for Windows 7, but full support on some systems may not be as straightforward as updating Boot Camp and then installing Windows 7.

Additionally, some people have wondered whether or not the updates that state specific support for Windows 7 are applicable to Vista and XP installations.

For the full and specific list of models supported, read the following Apple Knowledgebase article.

Be sure to install these updates before installing Windows 7, to ensure full compatibility with the Apple hardware.

In our announcement yesterday we outlined the available updates, but here they are again.

This update prevents an issue with black screens during the update.

Windows 7 can only be installed as an upgrade from Windows Vista, and not Windows XP, 2000, or Server.

Additionally, an upgrade can only be done for a version of Windows 7 that is the same bitness as the current operating system.

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Many people may have 32-bit versions of Windows Vista installed, and may opt to go directly to the 64-bit version of Windows 7 given the trend in 64-bit software becoming more available.

Unfortunately, if you install the 32-bit version of Windows 7 you will not be able to upgrade to the 64-bit version and will have to perform a clean install.

The recent security updates for the Mac OS have nothing to do with Boot Camp and should be applied, but you do not need the firmware or driver updates for Windows; however, if you do choose to install them they should not harm anything.

At most, it will prepare your system for Windows 7 should you choose to upgrade in the future.

You can do this by installing NTFS-3G and then cloning the Windows installation from the Mac side (the utility WinClone is a good option for this), or you can do this by running a cloning program from within Windows.

At the very least, be sure to back up your Windows files before upgrading.

Just open the Boot Camp Assistant in OS X, select Create or remove a Windows partition and click Continue, and then select the disk with Windows on it, select Restore to a single Mac OS partition, and click Continue.

If you only have one internal hard drive, you can just click Restore to remove Windows.

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