not only that but you can't set up vertual machines with parilells
and I have ran in to jaws reading issues with fusion as well
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:24 AM
Subject: Re: Questions about Parallels
I was attempting to install Jaws on my Parallels instance of Windows XP and
couldn't seem to get the video intercept thing to work. First time I would
start Jaws it complained that video intercept was not installed so I let it
install. After that Parallels had startup issues and wouldn't work again
until I reinstalled the Parallels Tools, which installs their video driver
again. Anyone else run into this? How important is the video intercept
thingy? My initial playing around seemed to work as far as Jaws reading web
pages in IE and such. I had similar issues with VMWare on Windows. Yes, I
was running an instance of Windows in a VM on Windows. I was doing that so
I could install IE7 without wiping out my IE6. Anyway, it appears that all
these virtual machines have their own custom video driver and don't play
well with the Jaws one.
CB
Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
Parallels Desktop for Mac is a program that creates a virtual second
computer when it is run. It is on this virtual computer that you install
another operating system, like Windows. So, yes, you install Parallels
first. As has already been pointed out, Fusion is another option from
VMWare which does essentially the same thing with better accessibility,
although Parallels is usable once you have your OS installed.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Sep 10, 2007, at 5:21 PM, John Moore wrote:
I am aiming to get a MacBook with Parallels so I can run XP Pro. I
have a few questions. First, how accessible is it? Will I be able to
use it effectively and independently? Second, I'd like to know how I
can switch back and forth between Windows and Mac as I am in a program
where I need to study Windows, but I still want to do Mac on the side.
And finally, do I need to install Parallels before Windows? If I do,
how can I install Windows after that? Thanks for the help.
--
John Moore
