Personally if I started from scratch on a new Mac I would not bother
with Boot Camp and would rely upon Fusion.
I think it is 2 years since I booted into Boot Camp.
Having said that there are some reasons why you may need Boot camp.
1. Hardware support. It is possible that some hardware will not
necessarily play nicely with Fusion. Mainstream devices should be fine
but for example I could never get my specialist VIP hardware EyePal
scanner to work under Fusion. As I now use this on a Windows machine
this does not matter for me but may be an issue if Fusion is your only
Windows option.
2. Resources. Actually I find a Fusion Virtual Machine pretty fast on a
Mac but theoretically all resources are available to a Boot Camp install
so should be more powerful. However as I say my Fusion installs seem
fast enough and certainly boots up faster than Boot Camp. I would
recommend that if you go the Fusion route you modify at the outset the
Ram and processor cores available to your Fusion VM as the default is
pretty skimpy. Actually if you go the Boot camp route you should also
increase the max disk space allocated as this is also skimpy by default.
It is important to in Fusion that you settle down your processor core
and memory allocation at the beginning as otherwise this will create
possible activation issues for your windows install and certainly Jaws.
I routinely use NVDA until this is all sorted out.
David Griffith
On 27/04/2015 06:55, Brian Hartgen wrote:
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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