Hi John Well, as you are prepared to have a go at it, and clearly have more of a nerve for such things than I do, good luck. And please do let us know how you get on. Are you going to do this using a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? I can't remember what you said you bought recently.
Nice one! Kind regards, Jackie Brown Twitter: @thebrownsplace Skype: Thejackmate -----Original Message----- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of john gallagher Sent: 17 January 2014 09:29 To: mac-access@mac-access.net Subject: Re: love to have windows hi there thanks i will give it a try with windows 7 which i must get from amazon now. i will use vmware but as a newby to the mac this will be a real stab in the dark. i cannot find any podcasts on how to do this. maybe i should look and youtube but again it could be too visual. cheers there and many thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: matthew dyer <ilovecountrymusic...@gmail.com> To: Mac Access iOS Accessibility <mac-access@mac-access.net> Date: Thursday, 16 January 2014 8.18 pm Subject: Re: love to have windows > > > Hi there. > > Yes vmware works just fine with windows 8.1. I am not sure if you can get windows 8.1 working without installing w8 first I am still trying to figure that out myself. I know you can get a download for $119. If you want pro ofcorse it is going to caust motre but it should work just fine. > > Matthew > > > On Jan 16, 2014, at 6.59 AM, John Gallagher <j...@pianotuner.plus.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi all > > > > just to confirm to put windows on my mac I need vmfusion and of course a windows cd. > > does this work with windows 8 point one or is it still windows 7. > > it would be grate to have the windows option on my mac. > > I really must give this a try. > > main reasons > > the mac is portable to carry when I am away say at a chess event. > > also the battery life if so good. > > having the windows option as well as the mac saves taking a net book. > > thanks and what a good list we have. > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > > > To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net > > > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: > > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > or at the public Mail Archive: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. 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