Hi, Where can one get a copy of this VMware demo?
Thanks, Robert Carter On Nov 12, 2012, at 6:49 PM, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Gordon and all, > > Just listened to the VM Demo in its entirety, and I have to say, Gordon did a > fine job demonstrating VMWare. > > I bought my first Mac this summer, after having used JAWS and Windows since > the DOS days. > > My iPhone's accessibility was the deciding factor in my decision to purchase > the iMac. My principle use of computers these days is reading and writing > documents, and making extensive use of spreadsheets for all manner of tasks > involving the manipulation of text and data. > > Unfortunately, I don't see any reason to learn an entirely new productivity > suite like Apple's iWork, since I know and use MS Office extensively. I like > the Mac iTunes and iMovie apps and I'm sure there are others I'll get to know > and use, but for productivity, I can't beat the combination of MS Office and > JAWS. > Now enter VMWare Fusion. > The demo makes me want to give the VMWare Fusion trial version another shot, > this time installing windows as a guest instead of using my existing > bootcamp. But, I think I'd have to either first remove the bootcamp to free > up the license, or, buy another Windows license to install windows7 as a > guest - and I'm a little shakey on both. > > I've got half my 500GB drive dedicated to bootcamp, and the other to MAC OS > X. In all my days, I've never exceeded 50 GB on a system drive, so I don't > feel too constrained by this arrangement. I've also got a 2 terabyte > firewire800 drive apportioned half to each system, so I feel I have ample > storage. > > As it stands then, I have two systems in one iMac hardware package, and but > for the minor inconvenience of having to reboot to access the other OS, and > remembering the minor keyboard differences, it's working well for me. > > Well, I just wanted to congratulate Gordon on a fine job with the demo, and > give my thoughts on the Mac from the perspective of a long time DOS/Windows > user. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
