Hi Alex I am now running windows 7 through vmware on a 2008 iMac. I don't think that it is very slow at all. The reason I went with the vmware fusion route was because I wanted to be able to access my mac at the same time. I have often wondered about whether it would be more snappy to go with the bootcamp option but I havent gotten around to testing it because i have never had any instances where vmware was too slow. I do things like work on publisher documents and OCR scanning in windows. I've never played games tho so i cannot comment on how good that is in vmware.
I don't believe voiceover works in vmware so you would need to install jaws or whatever software you prefer, within the windows area. Charlie On Apr 3, 10:05 am, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > Just a quick question. If I win the lottery and get a mac, I will want > Windows on it to run things like audio games. I was told that vmware, > which seemed like a perfect solution, is slower than native windows > and is not a good solution due to its lack of speed. What have people > found when running windows via a virtual machine as far as speed? How > does it compare to bootcamp, and are there any problems with bootcamp > that would make it a less-than-ideal solution? How do both compare to > running windows natively? > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected];http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
