Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2012-03-12 Thread Emrah
Date: 17 September 2011 03:18:08 PM GMT+01:00 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on >> Reply-To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> >> Hi Jeff, >> >> Here is the text you requested. >> --- >> Yo

Fwd: Running a Mac with Windows on

2012-03-12 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
, hope those of you find this helpful and apologies to those who may have seen this before! Kawal. Begin forwarded message: > From: Paul Erkens > Date: 17 September 2011 03:18:08 PM GMT+01:00 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows o

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-17 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Jeff, Here is the text you requested. --- Your first question, what to do about a non-existent insert key inside a virtual machine, is quite a story if you want to know the ins and outs. Along the way, we will get there. Here you go. First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the m

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-06 Thread Paul Erkens
rwise you could not > run VM Fusion with a single core chip. > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:06 AM > To: macvisionaries@googleg

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-06 Thread Bill Holton
: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:06 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on Eric, Bill, list, The way to allocate ram to your virtual machine is an easy one

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-06 Thread Paul Erkens
;> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens >> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:01 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on >> >> Hi Eric Caron, >> >> Your first question, what t

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread William Windels
> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on > > Hi Eric Caron, > > Your first question, what to do about a non-existent insert key inside a > virtual machine, is quite a story if you want to know the ins and outs. > Along the way, we

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Bill Holton
, 2011 10:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on Hi Eric Caron, Your first question, what to do about a non-existent insert key inside a virtual machine, is quite a story if you want to know the ins and outs. Along the way, we will get there. Here you go

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Bill Holton
@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on Hi Bill Holton, Once you have the virtual machine running, minimize windows, control command enter, turn on voiceover, and in the underlying fusion window, now containing a minimized version of your running windows, find an item that reads: cd and dvd

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Erkens
I don't have. > Another nudge forward would be greatly appreciated. > Bill > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 2:58 PM > To:

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Erkens
Eric, Bill, list, The way to allocate ram to your virtual machine is an easy one this time. Here's how to allocate ram to your virtual windows machine inside vmware fusion. 1. Fire up fusion. If your virtual windows machine starts up, then shut it down, but don't command w close its window. The vi

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Eric Caron, Your first question, what to do about a non-existent insert key inside a virtual machine, is quite a story if you want to know the ins and outs. Along the way, we will get there. Here you go. First off, it is true that you have no insert key on the mac, while you often do need o

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Jorge, The person who I owe a lot to, here, is Mike Arrigo. He did 13 podcasts about the mac, one of which was about fusion. And that was so clear, and so complete, that it took me less than a day to get going. Mike, great job, for many of us. You can find mike's podcasts on www.blindcooltech

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-05 Thread Hypnotic Consulting
Ditto, very much appreciated Paul. Is anyone interested in doing a audio walk through? Or has anyone done one? Jorge -- 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 unsub

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Bill Holton
isionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 2:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on Hi Eric, Don't worry about the version of fusion. You can update any time by going into t

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Paul and others, Paul, your directions worked perfectly! I'm now making progress. Windows 7 is running and JAWS is talking to me. The next important thing is getting a insert key as sadly even in laptop mode the caps lock seems to stay a caps lock. I have sharp keys downloaded b

RE: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Bill Holton
Thanks. This was very helpful to me, also. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 2:58 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Eric, Don't worry about the version of fusion. You can update any time by going into the menu bar, vo m, then one vo right arrow to the fusion menu, then vo down to check for updates. That should give you the latest and lion compatible version. I'm running it just fine. Regarding the vmware

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Mike and others, I just took the plunge and purchased VM Fusion. I would love some help from some VM Fusion users. My first big concern is that I purchased VM Fusion 3.1 and as I read the documentation it says nothing about Lyon. Are people using VM Fusion 3.1 with Lyon and Window

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Arrigo
Hi, you would need a windows screen reader, just like you would running windows on a pc. It's no more or less crash prone than a pc, it would allow you to run microsoft products if you needed to. On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi, I'm still pondering getting a Mac. I und

Re: Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Kirsten, Yes it is possible to run windows, xp vista 7 etc, on your mac. Why not stop pondering and get it, smile. It is worth it. Now your questions. You will indeed need a screen reader like jaws inside windows. You first boot up your mac into os10. Then, you have voiceover support. With i

Running a Mac with Windows on

2011-09-04 Thread Kirsten Edmondson
Hi, I'm still pondering getting a Mac. I understand I could run windows on the machine using vm fusion? So this would mean I could run ms products, but would I still need a screen-reader like Jaws? Or would vo work with it? Personally I find Windows very unstable, is it's quality through program