Q: How do I install Windows 7 on Mavericks?

The 64 bit version right?

It doesn't say on the installation DVD?

Try reading this:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/23619173#23619173

And read this as well. It has to be the 64 bit version.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5639

There are other ways to do it, but it gets very involved and you'd need an older copy of OS X that supported 32 bit Win 7.

The current Bootcamp (Version 5) only supports 64 bit windows. You could try downloading an older version of bootcamp, but I can't tell you for sure if it'll install properly. Like I said, it gets very involved.

Why do you want Windows? Is it gaming or business? If it's business, think about Parallels. It'd be a lot easier to install and what you have would work fine.

www.parallels.com

It works very well for business programs, but I'm not sure you'd get the graphics you want.

Do you have an external drive available? And your old installation disks for the Mac?

OK... your machine originally came with Mountain Lion, which means it was on the recovery partition. It's been overwritten now by the Mavericks recovery partition. In Mountain Lion, you could have installed your 32 bit Win 7 to a Bootcamp partition. The upgrade to Mavericks wouldn't affect it the Bootcamp partition. Now you don't have a way to install Mavericks to another drive though. The only thing you could try to do is to download Bootcamp 4 and the win 7 32 bit drivers for your machine. That should work.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4818

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1635

Keep in mind that the Windows partition is going to eat up some of your SSD space, so you might want to see how much space you have before you start this project.

I always hate putting Windows on a Mac. I feel like I'm defacing the Mona Lisa or something..

Use Bootcamp 4. The drivers should be part of the installation process. It's also going to ask you how big to make the partition. Remember that's eating up some of your SSD.