ONe thing I'd like to mention before you put money into VMWare. There is an alternative called Virtualbox. It's interface is not accessible, but it has full terminal support, so you can set things up that way and never need to touch the interface. As far as I know, it is free, and works just fine. I have not tested either product yet, but I wanted to make you aware of this option in case you wanted to give it a shot. Note that, on the mac, "terminal" is the same thing as the windows command line, shell prompt, dos prompt, or whatever you want to call it. On Aug 15, 2012, at 5:05 PM, "Damashe Thomas" <damashe.tho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > My thanks to Kawal, Emilio and others for the answers. I will buy fusion and > take the free copy of file maker pro when I buy my macBook. I appreciate the > advice and comments. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emilio" <emilio.s.hernan...@gmail.com> > To: "MacVisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: Two questions about virtual machines and a brief intro > > >> Hello Damashe, >> >> First, if you are wanting to exicute the installation and full >> operation of Windows on the Mac, I would highly recommend VMware >> Fusion. >> Reviewing the archives will provide a thorough set of directions that >> will help you learn how to install Windows, as should the product web >> site. >> I'm not an expert and in no way consider myself highly technical, but >> I have been able to install and run Windows within 25 minutes of >> reading & following the instructions others have kindly posted. >> If you purchase Fusion, and insert a university into the college name >> you will get a 50% discount, which is a great thing. >> I have been able to install and effectively run Kurzweil 1000, as well >> as Duxbury 10.7. Moreover, after initial setup, JFW11 has run very >> well with no problems on my machine. Once you get your virtual machine >> configured, make a snapshot that you can refer to when you need to >> virtually reformat. :) >> Note you will need considerable hard drive space (at least I do). I >> have roughly 40GB set aside for my virtual machine. >> If you need any other help or if you wish to discuss this further feel >> free to reply - cheers. >> >> Twitter: TheOrangeCircle >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
