Windows 8 on my Mac

Boot Camp (see the Boot Camp Assistant in your Applications>Utilities folder) does not support Windows 8 at this time - only Windows 7.

You could always install Windows 8 using a virtual machine such as Parallels, though.

Clinton

If you use Parallels, it just integrates Windows with OS X - they're both available at the same time. Parallels needs no special partition - it uses a single file to store the Windows files, apps, etc.

If you choose to run Windows 7 using Boot Camp, however, it's not so easy just to switch back and forth. You must reboot to get into Windows and vice-versa.

I would recommend taking Parallels for a test drive before using Boot Camp - I find that it does everything that I need in Windows and you can even cut and paste between Mac and Windows apps, etc.

Good luck,

Clinton

Holding the option key at startup lets you select which system. System Preferences > Startup Disk lets you select the default while in OSX.

If you are not using VM.