You’re welcome. there is also a program called vmware fusion which allows you to run windows as a virtual machine.
this is what I use and a lot of others, too. If you go the fusion route, you can switch back and forth between the two os’s without rebooting your physical mac. You can also file share between the two so you don’t have to have two copies of things. Cait On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Joe <jsoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Excellent. These are great tips. If you have any helpful resources for > getting a good handle on OSX, I’d appreciate that as well. Thanks again. > > Joe > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn furness > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:09 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Windows on a Mac > > Hi Joe, > Wow, lots to cover here! > > I’ll have a go at some of this and I know others will chime in.. > > Yes, 250 g is enough space for both operating systems. You can partition > your hard disk in any configuration you like. > > I’d personally allow 2 g of ram for windows. > > The alt and command keys are switched, but I think you might be able to use > something like key remapped, but I’m not sure about this. > > For your cursor question, go into vo utility, and under the navigation tab, > you want to change the option for “vo speaks caracters the cursor passes. I > forget exactly what the option you want is called..It might be something > like, speak the character to the right of the cursor or something like that. > > I don’t use boot camp, so unfortunately I can’t answer boot camp questions > except to tell you that you *might* need sighted help to set this up. there > is a program out there now that some have used to set up boot camp without > sighted help, but this is way beyond my knowledge. > > hth, > Caitlyn > > On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Joe <jsoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I’ve no doubt my questions have come up time after time. I’m new to the list, > so please feel free to point me to the appropriate archives if my question > have already been answered. > > I’m considering installing Windows 7 on an 11-inch MacBook AIR. My questions: > > 1. How much RAM do you recommend? > > 2. Is 250 gigs sufficient to run both operating systems? > > 3. How much space should I devote to Windows using BootCamp? > > 4. Will the processor be relevant, or can I stick to whatever comes standard > with the MBA? > > 5. Can someone tell me what keys are used to replicate certain Windows keys: > Delete, Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down? > > 6. How proficient can one use JAWS under Windows in this arrangement? > > 7. As for OSX, I know there is a decent startup tour. Is there a free book or > free resource that would let me learn my way around the operating system in a > Voiceover context? > > 8. How do I go about changing the verbosity setting to allow me to delete > characters in the same style as in Windows? > > Thanks all in advance for your help. > > Joe > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
