hello harry, >From my experience (i have used vmware and switched to booth camp as my >machine doesn't do well with both as it's kind of old) you have to reinstall >windows yes. though there might be a way of installing booth camp using an image instead of an installation disc. if there is, unfortunately i can't help you there, as I am totally unaware on how it works.
thanks mauricio On Oct 6, 2012, at 1:31 AM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, that's good to know that it doesn't cost money. I don't regret using > VMware Fusion, since times call for having both operating systems running at > the same time, but it's nice to know that this alternative option is also > available. if I have Windows already installed via a virtual machine, would > I have to reinstall it, do you know? > > Thanks. > > Harry > > On oct 5, 2012, at 8:05 p.m., Mauricio Almeida <mauriciopmalme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> hi harry, >> >> booth camp does not cost money, except for what you pay for a legal copy of >> windows. >> I found it to be definitely worth it. >> Though i try to do it all on the mac, obviously, it is still good to have >> windows. it can come in handy. >> >> mauricio >> On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Harry, >>> >>> I'm installing windows7 via bootcamp tommorrow morning. It looks quite >>> straightforward, but sighted assistance is required for the windows install >>> portion of the process as there is no screen reader support at that point. >>> >>> You can read the installation and setup pdf for bootcamp to get familiar >>> with the steps involved. And, for the windows7 install, I found a detailed, >>> step-by-step guide for installing windows7 on Black Viper's website >>> >>> www.blackviper.com >>> >>> search his site for windows 7 install. >>> >>> I'll no doubt be crowing about my new windows7 machine, or asking >>> frantically for help and advice, depending whether it goes well or badly >>> tomorrow. >>> >>> P.S. if you want a microsoft word document of the bootcamp setup and >>> installation guide I can send it to you via email - contact me offlist for >>> that doc. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:10 PM >>> Subject: Boot Camp and 10.8.2 >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I was wondering how hard it is to install Boot Camp, if it costs money, and >>> if it is worth it if i already ache VMware Fusion. Waht are the >>> advantages/disadvantages? would it make the Windows side of my computer >>> faster/more efficient to be running without the Mac portion running at the >>> same time, for example? I know others ahve provided instructions, so I >>> could search for those threads, if instructions were provided about the >>> best way to search the mail archives, as I don't know. >>> >>> Also, my other question has to do with 10.8.2. I wondered, since I know >>> some of you ahve had issues with Voiceover in 10.8.2, owudl yo urecommend I >>> upgrade from 10.8.1? I am really wanting to improve my Spanish skills, but >>> my Voiceover defaults to English each time I restart to English even though >>> my system in in Spanish. I would install 10.8.2 in Spanish to avoid this, >>> but don't want to make VoiceOver unreliable if 10.8.2 is still pretty buggy. >>> >>> Thanks for any help, and I hope this is all clear, being unrelated as both >>> portiosn of the post are. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> harry >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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