I have been reading all of the posts here and tried on different occasions to respond. For other tech reasons that I don’t think is necessary for this thread, I’ll put my 2 sense in about BootCamp and what I needed to do to install it myself. Before I start, I want to suggest to listen to a podcast on CoolBlindTech regarding Wininstaller. It’s a software program that will provide one with a talking installer for Windows. I did not go that route, since I am still not fully confident in advance skills on the Mac side. I used the following apps to install Win 8.0 with no (sort of) sighted assistance. They include KNFB Reader, BeMyEyes, the Applevis guidelines, and Facetime. Here is what I found that helped me.
1. The Applevis guidelines was sort of helpful. The dialog pages when installing Win 8.0 didn’t pair up with the information written in the guidelines. Hence, you need to be careful on which keystroke you used and where. That said, the keystrokes when matched to the correct dialog page were very helpful. 2. When using the KNFB Reader, I first increased the brightness of the Mac’s screen to 100%. This gave me very accurate results in the image scan with KNFB. It also allowed me to locate the precise section in the Applevis guideline text for the correct keystrokes to use. 3. I used BeMyEyes to confirm the 04 bootcamp drive. Since this is a critical point in the installation, I didn’t want to reformat the wrong disk. I also had the individual assist me in the confirmation of the advance button in disk options and the format button at this point. I did that because I had the sighted person on the other end. 4. However, I had some difficulties in accessing the next button. It was located in the lower right hand corner and the only method to access it was with the trackpad. 5. I contacted an AT sighted buddy of mine through Facetime and with his guidance in which direction to move my finger on the mouse, I was able to select the next button and left click on it. It was a challenge, but very rewarding knowing that I was able to install Win 8.0 on my own. My AT friend learn something that he may be able to use in the future to assist someone else that wants to install Windows into BootCamp, but does not have sighted assistance available. Sorry for this long reply, but I thought others would like to know my creative resolution to a task that is really not accessible to the visually impaired to complete without sighted assistance. HTH. Warmest regards, Eileen > On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:32 PM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Personally if I started from scratch on a new Mac I would not bother with > Boot Camp and would rely upon Fusion. > I think it is 2 years since I booted into Boot Camp. > > Having said that there are some reasons why you may need Boot camp. > 1. Hardware support. It is possible that some hardware will not necessarily > play nicely with Fusion. Mainstream devices should be fine but for example I > could never get my specialist VIP hardware EyePal scanner to work under > Fusion. As I now use this on a Windows machine this does not matter for me > but may be an issue if Fusion is your only Windows option. > 2. Resources. Actually I find a Fusion Virtual Machine pretty fast on a Mac > but theoretically all resources are available to a Boot Camp install so > should be more powerful. However as I say my Fusion installs seem fast enough > and certainly boots up faster than Boot Camp. I would recommend that if you > go the Fusion route you modify at the outset the Ram and processor cores > available to your Fusion VM as the default is pretty skimpy. Actually if you > go the Boot camp route you should also increase the max disk space allocated > as this is also skimpy by default. > > It is important to in Fusion that you settle down your processor core and > memory allocation at the beginning as otherwise this will create possible > activation issues for your windows install and certainly Jaws. I routinely > use NVDA until this is all sorted out. > > David Griffith > On 27/04/2015 06:55, Brian Hartgen wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> I received my first Mac on Saturday. I have done a lot of studying and I >> think I am quite proficient at the screen-reading with it. >> >> >> However, I am very undecided about whether to use Windows with Bootcamp or >> with VMWare. For my work, I do need to use Windows. This is a high spec >> machine so I wanted to take advantage of that. But I have some questions. >> >> >> I like the idea of having VMWare, so I can "flick" between different >> operating systems. However, precisely please what are the advantages of >> running it in Bootcamp as opposed to a virtual machine? If I ran it as a >> Virtual Machine, what disadvantages would I notice? For example, would there >> be any kind of delay when using a Windows screen-reader? >> >> >> My other question relates to installing Windows. I've read a lot, and there >> does not seem to be an easy way described with complete accuracy as to how >> to install Windows without vision. This may seem like a strange question, >> but if I booked an appointment at an Apple store to get some sighted help, >> is that good etiquette? Are they likely to say no because I need to install >> Windows? >> >> I have the MacBook Pro, external keyboard and the Apple Superdrive which I >> could take along there. >> >> >> Thank you for any help. >> >> >> Brian Hartgen >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> the list's public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. 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