Hi Paul, I'm glad you mentioned this. I am planning to use fusion occasionally and I've got a question. According to the documentation, their migration assistant may not work on an OEM version of Windows that comes with a computer. So even though I have a valid, licensed copy of windows on my old laptop, fusion can't move it into a virtual machine because It's only licensed to that computer. Does anyone know where to find the best deal on a legitimate copy of windows? Anything from XP onward will work.
It's too bad that I have to do this in the first place. I'd rather abandon Windows, but my Information Technology degree requires classes on Microsoft office 2007. And now I learn that I have to buy Windows all over again for my new mac because of licensing rules. Another reminder of why I'm switching. Thanks, Justin On Aug 5, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Andy Baracco, > > Rather than buying a windows netbook to visit flash intensive pages, you > could also run windows on your mac. It's what I do and windows works like any > other task on the mac. You can switch back and forth from and to windows and > os 10, and everything inside windows works just fine. Doing this involves > getting VmWare fusion which is the program to run windows in. Next a windows > installation CD or an iso file for that matter, and a valid windows license > key. If you don't want to pay extra for a screen reader, NVDA is a good thing > to use. Just an idea, to give you an alternative to buying a physical windows > machine. Running windows on the mac gives many advantages for a blind person, > in terms of backing up, solving problems and so on. > > > Paul. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Lynn Schneider > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 8:46 AM > Subject: Re: Flash > > Andy, this is the reason why I had to buy a Windows netbook. There are some > pages, many of which are very important to me, that you just cannot access. > I love my Mac very much, but the sad truth is that if you have > Flash-intensive pages that you want to access, you will not want to try it > with your Mac at this time. > > > On Aug 4, 2010, at 11:29 PM, AndyBaracco wrote: > >> i am seriously considering the purchase of a mac. I have heard that you >> cannot access web pages that use Adobe flash on the Mac. Is this true, >> because if it is, it just may be a dealbraker, as I often access many of the >> sports sites that use flash. >> >> Andy >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
