Brian,
I'm unsure if they would help you installing Windows. It's really hard to
say. I think it would be up to their disgression. Most likely though,
they'd probably not. They'd probaby help you get the Bootcamp partition set
up, but that would be about the end of it. Again though. I'd call them.
It doesn't hurt to try. The least they'd do is say no, so I don't wanna
discourage you from giving it a shot.
As for the advantages and disadvantages, it really just depends on what
you're doing. The biggest thing is, with Bootcamp, you're booted directly
into Windows on its own partition. With VMWare Fusion or the like, the
issue you're going to face is, for one thing, it'll take a little more work,
as certain keys on the keyboard will have to be remapped to work correctly
within Windows, it's not a big deal, just a little tedious. Plus, realize
that then, you'll be using system resources both for OSX and for Windows at
the same time. Again, it depends on how processor intense and how memory
intense the stuff in Windows can be that you need to accomplish.
Me personally? I use Bootcamp, but yeah... that's just me personally.
Plus, with me being an audio engineer, I don't want any of my Windows stuff
touching my mac partition. But again, I'm weird that way.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Hartgen" <brianhart...@gmail.com>
To: "'OS X & iOS Accessibility'" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 1:55 AM
Subject: [Mac-access]: Bootcamp V. VMWare Fusion
Hi
I received my first Mac on Saturday. I have done a lot of studying and I
think I am quite proficient at the screen-reading with it.
However, I am very undecided about whether to use Windows with Bootcamp or
with VMWare. For my work, I do need to use Windows. This is a high spec
machine so I wanted to take advantage of that. But I have some questions.
I like the idea of having VMWare, so I can "flick" between different
operating systems. However, precisely please what are the advantages of
running it in Bootcamp as opposed to a virtual machine? If I ran it as a
Virtual Machine, what disadvantages would I notice? For example, would
there
be any kind of delay when using a Windows screen-reader?
My other question relates to installing Windows. I've read a lot, and
there
does not seem to be an easy way described with complete accuracy as to how
to install Windows without vision. This may seem like a strange question,
but if I booked an appointment at an Apple store to get some sighted help,
is that good etiquette? Are they likely to say no because I need to
install
Windows?
I have the MacBook Pro, external keyboard and the Apple Superdrive which I
could take along there.
Thank you for any help.
Brian Hartgen
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