Hello Gordon,
I just finished listening to the demo. It was terrific! I do have
one question. How difficult was the installation of VM Tools with
Narrator?
THanks,
Marshall
On Apr 22, 2007, at 1:30 PM, Gordon Smith wrote:
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.
