Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
I think the speed of vmware fusion is fine, of course, it won't be as fast as boot camp, since it's using a virtual machine, also, fusion allows you to install windows without sighted help. On Apr 2, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi all, > Just a quick question. If I win the lottery and g

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-03 Thread joseph
hi i am running fusion and windows 7 on 2010 imac. it is faster than my 1 gig of ram notebook. also i tried using bootcamp but i found it easier to use fusion because i can switch between mac and windows without reboot. best On 3 Apr 2011, at 02:17, Charlie Bates wrote: > Hi Alex > > I am n

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-03 Thread Ashley Cox
Hey, In my experience, the latest vmware fusion is pretty fast! I run a few apps on it, and they all work great. I would say to have more than 2GB or ram, so that you can give enough to windows and enough to OSX and it'll fly. As far as bootcamp and running windows natively, they're both the sa

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-02 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Alex, As I said, I recommend VmWare myself, but Bootcamp is standard on all 10.6 systems. I just think VmWare makes more sense because you will ultimately get a working standard WIndows install, with the added benefit of being able to use Mac software at the same time. More over, you won't

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-02 Thread Alex Hall
I see. I am fine with grabbing a sighted person to do that sort of thing, provided I get a working windows install out of the deal. Is bootcamp standard on all 10.6 systems, or only on certain ones? I have a bn apex and iPod, so I would get a Mini rather than a laptop since the apex/iPod already ha

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-02 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Alex, What you might want to understand is that Bootcamp is, for all intents and purposes, running Windows natively. All the Bootcamp Assistant does for you is repartition your hard drive and install a boot manager so you can pick which system you want to use at any given time, and then you

Re: speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-02 Thread Charlie Bates
Hi Alex I am now running windows 7 through vmware on a 2008 iMac. I don't think that it is very slow at all. The reason I went with the vmware fusion route was because I wanted to be able to access my mac at the same time. I have often wondered about whether it would be more snappy to go with the

speed of bootcamp vs vmware vs native windows?

2011-04-02 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, Just a quick question. If I win the lottery and get a mac, I will want Windows on it to run things like audio games. I was told that vmware, which seemed like a perfect solution, is slower than native windows and is not a good solution due to its lack of speed. What have people found when r