Fusion can do this. Apparently, when you install it it will look for
any bootcamp partitions and set them up to run for you. Note that I
don't use bootcamp, so I can't say exactly how well this actually will
work, but the feature is there. I don't even need Windows now, I only
keep it around to stay on top of things in other operating systems, so
I doubt I'll be trying this out myself any time soon.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 14:55, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Dear Jacob,
Do you mean that I can leave the bootcamp partition with windows as
it is and run it by just installing Fusion from the Mac side? That
would spare me the need to install Windows xp and all the
applications with their authorisation keys again. Is that what you
mean? Is the process fairly straight forward to do so?
Simon
On 11 Dec 2008, at 18:01, Jacob Schmude wrote:
Fusion has the ability to run your bootcamp installation of Windows
on demand, so yes you can try it out.
On Dec 11, 2008, at 12:55, Simon Cavendish wrote:
Somewhat related question: I've got Windows XP installed under
bootcamp. Increasingly, I am wondering whether I might be ready to
run Windows XP under fusion. Can I try to do this whilst still
keeping my bootcamp partition in case I make a mess of things?
I was also wondering whether if and when I decide to take the
plunge, some of you who have so much know how would be happy to
help off list so as not to clog up the traffic?
Sadly, I still need Windows for my languages and Kurzweil but it
would be good to have Windows XP available on demand. Under
Windows I run Jaws 7.1 and I have Hal 8 as well although I'm not
running it as I was having video intercept problems. I did wonder
though whether Hal would run on a usb dongle with windows under
fusion. I don't know wehther anyone has tried this.
Thanks for any encouraging thoughts in advance, or warnings if
there are any to be heeded.
With best wishes
Simon
On 11 Dec 2008, at 11:39, Scott Chesworth wrote:
Hi all,
Currently I have boot camp installed. I'm finding that I'm needing
Windows less and less though so maybe now is the time to virtualise
instead. I've used a demo of Fusion 1.0 or 1.1 I think it was many
moons ago and was pretty impressed. Can anybody who's used
Fusion and
Virtual Box give me a quick rundown on the pro's and cons of each,
which one they use, and why? Money is pretty tight here this
christmas, so not wanting to shell out cash on Fusion unless
there are
real advantages.
Cheers
Scott
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