1 thing I will add here is. YOu can reinstall fusion after a clean install on the same machine. But if you get a new machine, jaws will have to be activated with a new authorizationn key. But like the previous poster said, just call freedom scientific and request one, and you are good to go. Frustrated with your Mac, I-device, or AppleTV? New user and want quick efficient answers? Or maybe you know apple products and want to contribute? Then come join a list where questions are always answered, and we are always patient with you. Subscribe here: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Short quick getting started Tutorials: http://peeltheapple.wordpress.com/ <http://peeltheapple.wordpress.com/> Or just follow us on twitter https://twitter.com/PealTheApple <https://twitter.com/PealTheApple> And ask your question there. All are welcome!
> On Dec 29, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > to answer the question about installing Windows in BootCamp without sighted > assistance still stands and requires sighted assistance. I know there has > been some discussion about using a talking installer, but it's only for a 32 > bit machine. Regarding the JAWS license, if you are out of authorization > keys, you can contact Freedom Scientific and they will load more into your > account. I can't speak in regards to VM Fusion because I have only BootCamp > my machine once and will probably go that route again. HTH. > > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 29, 2014, at 2:30 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Another advantage of VMware is if you have Jaws on your Window machine, you >> will not lose the licence as you can cut and paste your Windows Virtual >> machine anywhere you like. As long as you tell your VMware that you moved >> the machine and not done anything else with it, you will not lose your life >> when using Jaws. I hope I have this correct. >> >> If however, you were to put windows on Boot camp, you could lose your jaws >> licence if you were to format your Mac. I hope I have this right as well as >> I’ve only used VMware and have no experience of Boot camp. Can you still >> not install Windows via boot camp without sighted assistance? >> >> Kawal. >>> On 29 Dec 2014, at 22:03, David Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I would add a few things to this. If you use Fusion, you can keep a backup >>> of your VM, or VMs anywhere you like, so even if you have to reinstall OS X >>> from scratch, you don’t have to lose your VM, or have it backed up by Time >>> Machine. You can share files and folders between the two, and largely >>> protect your Windows from hacks by staying Mac side until you actually need >>> Windows. You can also take snapshots of your VM to which you can return >>> should anything ever go wrong with it, and these really do fix a lot of >>> problems. You can also easily manage your keyboard in Fusion so that you >>> have pretty much a native Windows experience while in Windows if you wish. >>> The time to think about Bootcamp is if you want to do something you know >>> can cause problems in Fusion, or if you don’t switch between systems much >>> or can’t afford Fusion. >>> >>> Cheers >>> Dave >>> >>>> On 29 Dec 2014, at 08:13 pm, Marianne Denning <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I asked this question several years ago and decided to put Bootcamp on >>>> my MacBook Air because of everyone's responses. Here we are several >>>> years later and I would like to know if Bootcamp is still the best >>>> decision if I want to run Windows 7 or 8 and JAWS 15 or 16 on my >>>> MacBook Air. 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