Thanks. *smile* If nothing else, I'll pass this onto him. He loves learning new things and will be very interested in this I'm sure.
On 7/29/08, Steven M. Sawczyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I definitely understand where your friend is coming from and shared > his concerns before having tried Boot Camp. Apple did, however, > create Boot Camp in such a way that many of the things that > traditionally presented issues, became, well, non issues. Boot Camp > handles all aspects of partition resizing and handles the creation and > installation of an appropriately configured boot loader. What exactly > it does, or how it does it is I'm sure documented somewhere, but for > the end users, it's pretty automatic. I believe Boot Camp can even > remove a Windows operating system thereby resizing the existing Mac > volume. > > Please don't feel that I'm trying to convince you to use Boot Camp, or > that I'm questioning the wisdom of your friend. I wouldn't reject it > out of hand, however, as Apple really has done a great job overcoming > many of the obstacles traditionally faced with dual booting and has > done it in a very user friendly way. If you're thinking of Boot Camp > as an option, you may want to google technical articles on the subject > and get your friend's opinion. > > Steve > > > On Jul 29, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Tiffany D wrote: > > My friend has been using computers since the 1970's and knows several > operating systems. He said that as a rule, he personally doesn't duel > boot because he knows what goes on under the hood. He said that it's > very hard to uninstall an os if necessary and should something go > wrong, which he does say is unlikely, it might cause a problem with > booting on the Mac side. He did say that perhaps, Apple has fixed > alot of these issues and Bootcamp might be a great program, but he > hasn't used it and hasn't had enough time to play with VoiceOver and > the Mac in general. Anyway, there's the added benefit of just being > able to delete a virtual machine if something goes wrong and I can > move files from one side to the other more easily than I can with a > duel boot. I can also run Leopard while running Windows so if I need > to use both systems at once, I can. All of that said, I'm curious > about the problems that Fusion has caused you. I'd like to know the > pros and cons here. I know that vmware requires drivers and that it's > a little slower to run certain things like Skype under it, but I'm not > really too concerned about that. > > Thanks, > Tiffanitsa > On 7/29/08, David Poehlman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> what is rong with bootcamp? this very verry knowlegeable friend who >> uses >> bootcamp because fusion made a mess of his mac and who knows mac and >> windows >> wants to know. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tiffany D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 2:32 PM >> Subject: Using Fusion >> >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > >
