All of that is way too much fuss. He needs to run a windows program and run it NOW. Hobbyists and wage/salary earners have different goal objectives.
Getting productive ASAP at the least cost ? Getting hands on a Windows box since no Mac Program is being provided by his new boss is the most practical headache prevetion that can be done. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:41 PM, NODEraser <nodera...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:17 PM, GMail Valter Psicof > <valter.psi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Il giorno 10/07/13 04.54, "NODEraser" ha scritto: > > > >> depending on what you need Windows for, you could use Bootcamp or > >> Parallels/Fusion. Bootcamp creates a separate partition for Windows, > >> and you can "boot" into it natively, just like you would on a PC > > > > Yes, but the OP should know that, in order to install Bootcamp, the Mac > > hard drive needs to be initialized anew (and with a single partition > only; > > it will be partitioned in two by the Bootcamp installer). > > > > I discovered this AFTER I already partitioned my iMac HD, and installed > all > > the software and data. :-((( > > (thus, not wanting to backup, erase and restore everything, I postponed > the > > Bootcamp thing, until I can find a way to install it on my already > > exisisting dedicated partition) > > > > Let's see if I get this straight... You tried to partition the drive > yourself? Bootcamp will handle this for you; you can add, delete or > modify the bootcamp partition using the utility, and it will not > affect the rest of your data. > > -- > [Greg Bennett] > -Independent Carpenter, Electrician & Lighting Designer > -Purveyor of Classic Apple & Macintosh Gear > http://www.hsiprodsvcs.com/ > http://www.macshack.us/ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
