Hi, This is a difficult question to answer.
If your windows vm comes down with a virus, then programs on your mac
shouldn't be effected, because the virtual machine doesn't know it's
running on a mac or that there's a broader world out there.
If you download a virus laden executable on the windows side and place
it in my documents, then there will be a virus laden executable in the
documents folder on the mac; however, since the mac can't run windows
executable files, I doubt it would have a chance to do any harm before
your windows virus checker picked it up.
Notice, I'm not advocating writing off windows virus-checking in your
windows VM. Although I theorize that windows viruses in your vm can't
hurt your mac, I don't know that for a fact, and recomend being as
protected as you can be.
Best,
erik burggraaf
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On 29-Jul-08, at 12:28 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
Thanks, especially for the tip. As for usage, same here. I'm mostly
using it for my Greek lessons, to access certain sites that Safari
can't handle and maybe to do some scanning. But question. Since
you've matched up the two folders, if I get a virus on the Windows
side, will it effect the Mac, since the folder is shared?
On 7/29/08, erik burggraaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
Fusion and bootcamp are both great. Which is best for you depends
entirely on what your needs are.
I chose fusion because I only want to do the odd thing in windows and
I don't want to interupt the rest of my computing life to take care
of
windows business. If you don't care about the seperation, then
bootcamp is free and more than adaquit.
Fusion is %100 accessible, don't worry about a thing there.
There are several good key mapping utilities, but since I'm a window-
eyes user I don't need them and have largely ignored the threads on
them.
When you install windows on fusion it will place your mac home folder
as a shared drive under my computer. I enhanced this by moving the
target of my documents on the windows side to the documents folder of
my home folder on the mac. That means no copying and pasting is
required between my documents under windows and /users/rico/documents
on my mac.
Hope this helps,
erik burggraaf
Certified Technician
Assistive Computing LTD Support and training
Sales department: 888-828-2445
Support and Training: 888-255-5194
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On 29-Jul-08, at 11:32 AM, Tiffany D wrote:
Geia sas,
So I've decided to go with Fusion rather than Bootcamp. A very
knowledgible friend told me it was a better bet. However, he's
familiar only with Windows and not Mac. So how accessible is Fusion
on the mac in general? Can I have a shared folder and move files
between the two systems like he said? What kinds of drivers will I
need to get so that Windows will recognise the keys on my Mac? If
Fusion isn't the best option for vmware, then what is?
Thanks,
Tiffanitsa
