just to add to this.. I am totally blind and have never used sighted assistance to set up my vm. After windows is loaded for the first time, I’ve either used narrator to go get nvda, used my window eyes dvd to load WE, or installed nvda off of a usb stick.
hope this helps! Caitlyn On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > See my answers below. > On Nov 30, 2013, at 7:01 AM, Lee Jones <leejones...@sky.com> wrote: > >> Dear List,I am new to the macworld. >> How easy is it to set up a windows virtual machine using fusion. > Pretty easy. You just give it the location of your dvd, or the location of a > Windows ISO (I think that would work) and off it goes. It will look for > Windows install disks when you create a new vm, though, so it should be as > simple as choosing your disk and pressing enter. > >> How do you get windows installed. Load the CD? > Again, point Fusion to your Windows install disk, if it doesn't pick it up > automatically (which it should). > >> When you first install windows how do you interact with it without a screen >> reader in order to get jaws or nvda installed? Is linux easier in this >> regard because orca comes with the os? > You don't. Windows is useless to you until you get a screen reader, so you'll > need sighted help initially. There is a new project that bundles NVDA with > Windows to offer an accessible installer, but I don't have the link right > now. Google should find it pretty easily though. > >> What are the pros and cons of using fusion vs bootcamp? I have a 4 GB >> macbook air on the way and am trying to research before it arrives. > Bootcamp runs Windows natively, with full system resources, but you have to > restart the computer to switch operating systems. Fusion lets you run Windows > like it was just another app, giving you both systems at once. Plus, you can > back up or transfer the virtual machine holding your Windows if you want to, > so if you get a new machine you can just bring your Windows install, with all > your programs and settings, over to the new machine. Also, Bootcamp requires > you to partition your drive, so you lose a lot of drive space. A vm will grow > as necessary, taking up only as much room as it needs. > >> I have heardpeople talking about giving 1gb ram to windows does this mean >> all the >> time when the machine is on even if you are not using windows? Does a vm >> degrade OSx performance? > No, the ram used for Windows is only in use when the vm is running. When it > is shut down, or Fusion is closed, that ram goes back to the Mac. The only > degradation you should experience is the loss of some processor use and ram, > and that only while Windows is on, but most people don't notice it. I am > having issues right now, but that is probably because I am running Windows in > a different way than most. >> >> Many Thanks, Lee >> >> >> >>>> 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. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > -- > 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. 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