All of that is way too much fuss. He needs to run a windows program and run it NOW. Hobbyists and wage/salary earners have different goal objectives.
Getting productive ASAP at the least cost ? Getting hands on a Windows box since no Mac Program is being provided by his new boss is the most practical headache prevetion that can be done. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:41 PM, NODEraser <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:17 PM, GMail Valter Psicof > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Il giorno 10/07/13 04.54, "NODEraser" ha scritto: > > > >> depending on what you need Windows for, you could use Bootcamp or > >> Parallels/Fusion. Bootcamp creates a separate partition for Windows, > >> and you can "boot" into it natively, just like you would on a PC > > > > Yes, but the OP should know that, in order to install Bootcamp, the Mac > > hard drive needs to be initialized anew (and with a single partition > only; > > it will be partitioned in two by the Bootcamp installer). > > > > I discovered this AFTER I already partitioned my iMac HD, and installed > all > > the software and data. :-((( > > (thus, not wanting to backup, erase and restore everything, I postponed > the > > Bootcamp thing, until I can find a way to install it on my already > > exisisting dedicated partition) > > > > Let's see if I get this straight... You tried to partition the drive > yourself? Bootcamp will handle this for you; you can add, delete or > modify the bootcamp partition using the utility, and it will not > affect the rest of your data. > > -- > [Greg Bennett] > -Independent Carpenter, Electrician & Lighting Designer > -Purveyor of Classic Apple & Macintosh Gear > http://www.hsiprodsvcs.com/ > http://www.macshack.us/ > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
