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On Apr 25, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Orin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Regarding ram, I really need some. Can anyone recommend a good third party > provider where I can get ram for a 2007 iMac? This one only has two gigs of > ram and the VM runs slower than it should. I wonder if Newegg is good and if > I can get it relatively cheap. Getting eight gigs would be nice because the > Mac could then use four gigs and Fusion could use four. That might be rather > pricy though. > > Orin > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/orinks > Skype: orin1112 > > > > On Apr 25, 2012, at 12:57 AM, David Griffith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> What happens with fusion is that Windows becomes just another program on >> your Mac . >> So yes you can have Jaws and Kurzweil running within Fusion and then switch >> relatively instantly back to the Mac by just moving away from the Fusion >> Window. You can for example scan a document with Kurzweil save it, and then >> switch to the Mac to read it with, for example, Text Edit. >> Copying and pasting will also work. >> So you could scan with Kurzweil. Press control A to select all the scanned >> text, then control C to copy it. Now press control command and return to >> shift focus back to the Mac. >> Now you can open say Text Edit on the Mac and pressing command V will paste >> all the text you have copied from Kurzweil into Text Edit. >> The opposite is also true. I find that Nothing on Windows is as good as the >> Mac at reading PDF files. so you could read a PDF file on the Mac and then >> copy text from it into Microsoft Word running under Fusion . >> For me it really is a case of having the best of both worlds. In reality, >> for me, there are still some things that it is easier or cheaper to do >> under Windows where free software has a greater base. >> You can even put Windows programs on the Dock in the Mac. So you could have >> Kurzweil on your dock. Pressing return on Kurzweil will start Kurzweil in >> Windows . >> You can associate files on the Mac with windows programs if that is what you >> want. I do not do this but you could, for example, associate .doc files >> with the windows version of Word. So pressing command O to open the document >> in Mac finder will start Microsoft Word under fusion with the file already >> loaded. >> >> The aim of fusion is to make Windows instantly integrated into the Mac and >> does a pretty good job of this. There are some steps with sharing hardware >> which is not too difficult to follow . >> There are a couple of caveats . Make sure you have security software, anti >> virus firewall etc running under windows. Although the Mac is a much more >> stable and safe environment the Fusion version of Windows is just as >> vulnerable to viruses as normal windows. You can set up fusion not to share >> files with the Mac if you are really worried about this but I do not go >> that far. I d, for convenience have all my document folders available on >> both Mac and fusion. >> >> Because of this you may want to back up your windows once you have >> everything set up as you want it. . Doing this on the Mac is ridiculously >> easy. You just copy the virtual Machine file with command c in finder and >> paste it somewhere as a Backup, say on an external drive. You can also have >> time Machine on the Mac do this automatically for you but I prefer to keep >> at least one known stable version of Windows backed up separately from time >> machine. If you do get a virus in windows then just delete the infected >> virtual machine file on the Mac using command delete. Now simply copy back >> your backed up version into the Virtual Machine folder to return to normal >> within a couple of minutes of the file copying across. Goodbye to all the >> Windows virus hassles. >> >> Also if you intend to use Fusion a lot I recommend you get as much physical >> Ram as you can for your Mac. Do not use apple for this as third party >> providers are much much cheaper. >> >> David Griffith >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laurel >> Sent: 25 April 2012 04:58 >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: Re: running windows programs on mac >> >> Cool. If I used fusion, or boot camp, could I ever run JAWS on my mac, for >> example if I had to work with Kurzweil or microsoft or something that I >> can't really access as well with voice over? >> Thanks, >> Laurel and Stockard >> >> On 4/24/12, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Crossover is not accessible. >>> Parallels works, but isn't the best when it comes to accessibility, >>> and from what I've been seeing, it's gotten worse with the latest few >>> releases, so you might want to avoid that one too. >>> VmFusion seems to work out of the box, and lets you run virtual >>> instances of windows on your mac, so you can have osx and windows apps >>> running side-by-side. >>> Then, if you're strapped for cash, and just want something free, you >>> can use bootcamp, and install windows in another partition on your hd, >>> but for this option, you need to reboot your mac from osx into windows >>> to use this option. >>> So, there you go, hope this helps. >>> >>> <--- 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/> >> >> <--- 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/> <--- 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]/>. 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