Fusion, A Demonstration

[Gordon Smith]

Hi all.  I'm not sure if anybody on this list will be interested.   
But I thought I'd mention it anyway.  After discussing Fusion and  
virtualisation in general with several people, some Mac owners and  
some not, I was asked to produce a demo of the applications available  
for producing virtual machines on the Macintosh, for broadcast on ACB  
Radio's Main Menu technology show.  This I have done, and it will be  
aired on the morning of 1 May, at 01:00 UTCV.  In the demo, I tried  
to be as impartial as possible, whilst keeping things informal and  
informative.  I walk the listener through the process of setting up a  
virtual machine in real time, and through all of the advanced  
configurations of the virtual machine, plus demonstrating how to use  
the easy install to set up the operating system, in this case Windows  
XP, once the machine is created.  The demo lasts for just over 50  
minutes, and when it airs it should be followed by a question and  
answer session.  I will be making myself available to try and address  
any questions which the Windows user, typically, might have.  My hope  
is that this might make people who have never used a Mac aware of the  
power in the box, and hopefully dispell some of the myths regarding  
VoiceOver in the process.  Obviously I used VoiceOver to guide me  
through the process of setting up the virtual machine, and I want the  
listener to hear just how accessible the product really is.  I also  
touched briefly on Parallels Desktop.  Sadly, it wasn't possible to  
demo that in the same amount of detail.  Otherwise I would have been  
happy to do so.  Anyway, my point.  I have made the demo available on  
my website in 2 formats in case anybody is interested in listening to  
it before it goes to air.  If you'd like the MP3 then the url is  
http://www.tft-bbs.com/demos/vm-demo.mp3 and if you'd like the  
Windows Media file then go to http://www.tft-bbs.com and then click  
on the Demos page.  The link you want is the bottom link on the page,  
where it says "So click here to listen".  I welcome comment.  So far  
I've had a bit of a mixed reaction.  Predictably, the one anti-Mac  
person who has heard it was determined to be unimpressed by VO.  But  
I welcome comment on the demo in general.  I confess from the outset  
that I'm not a good teacher.  And if you can handle my Northern  
English accent, coupled with my battle against hay fever, then feel  
free.