Hi! I'm by no means an expert, but thought I'd share my two cents worth on this topic. I had a friend set up bootcamp and vm fusion for me. VM fusion ended up being too sluggish to use, and I found that bootcamp meets my needs much better. I know a lot of people like the virtual machine, and I suppose there's a chance that my friend set it up incorrectly, but my humble opinion is that bootcamp is a much better option over all. Granted, it requires sighted assistance to set up, but since I wouldn't have known what I was doing setting up a VM, I would have required sighted assistance no matter which option I went with. Good luck, no matter what you choose, and I hope that this ends up helping a little.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allison Mervis Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion questions Thanks Matt. Right now I'm still unsure as to whether or not I'll set up a virtual machine or do a bootcamp install, but this info was very helpful. Allison -------------------------------------------------- From: "Matthew Campbell" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:11 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: VMWare Fusion questions > Hi. > Once you shut down the VM, you're Mac will indeed have all of it's > resources once again. > HTH, > > On 2012-06-03, at 3:51 PM, Allison Mervis wrote: > >> Hi everyone. >> I have a copy of Windows 7 floating around here, and I was thinking >> about playing with VMWare fusion. I have a few questions before I get >> started though. I understand that when you're setting up the virtual >> machine, you allocate a certain portion of your system resources in order to >> run it. >> Let's say, for example that I allocate four of my eight gigs of ram >> and 250 of my 750 gigs of hard drive space for the virtual machine. >> When I shut down the virtual machine, will those resources be >> returned to my mac? That is to say, will I once again have all 8 gigs >> of ram and 750 gigs of hard drive space available for use on my mac? >> I apologize if this sounds basic. Thanks. >> Allison >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- 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. -- 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.
