You could also take a look at Virtual Box, a free open source virtual
machine. Like some others you'll need sighted assistance to get things
set up, but once your up and running you pretty much just pick Start
from one of the pulldown menus. You'll still need XP and Jaws/WindowEyes
to use Windows so it's a non-trivial cost on that side.
http://www.virtualbox.org/
CB
David Poehlman wrote:
A couple of things that have not appeared in this thread I'll put here. In
order to run windows under bootcamp, your xp if you use it needs to be sp2.
Someone can address the vista issues I don't know which flavors quallify
there are so many.
One final note though, once you have gotten windows installed, you will need
to fire up windows and put your leopard cd in so that the drivers for the
Mac for windows can be installed. This will also require sighted assistance
although I have done it by just pressing enter when the disk stops each time
till all the drivers are installed bu that is the hard part of knowing.
Then, you can get audio.
One final comment. if you are going to update to xpsp3 from xpsp2, you will
need to download the bootcahmp update for windows. before doing this
though, update your mac side.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:17 PM
Subject: Cost of BootCamp
Hey there all,
I'm well on my way to switching to a mac and I think I've managed to
convince my girlfriend to do the same. As such, we will be definite
beginners. In order to switch from PC to Mac, I'm still going to be running
a copy of windows with bootCamp. I'm wondering first how well this works?
Second, how much does bootCamp run for? Finally, how hard is it for a blind
person to set up a windows installation with bgootCamp? Thanks all for your
help.
Best Regards,
David Wright
Mobile: (832)518-0707
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.knfbreader.com
