Has anyone found a scripted way to install Windows 7 for BootCamp without having to get a sighted reader to help you?
Best, Mika On 8/11/12, Missy Hoppe <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, absolutely! I hate that I wasted money on fusion. I tried using it, but > it just wasn't useable in my opinion. I love my > bootcamp installation. It works like a dream, and in some ways, the mac out > performs my main pc. It's quite cool! I think it > depends on your individual needs, but for me, I'd much rather reboot when I > need windows and when I want to use the mac as a > mac, I've never needed windows at the same time. I hope this makes sense and > that it helps a little. > Missy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mika Pyyhkala > Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 11:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Using Boot Camp > > I'm also curious for those of you who have used both Fusion and bootcamp if > you have found bootcamp based Windows > installations to be a lot more responsive, etc. > > Best, > Mika > > On 8/10/12, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> 1. You can read, but not write, the mac partition in windows. It works >> the same in mac os: you can read the windows partition, but not write to >> it. >> 2. I use Carbonite, but my understanding is that you can't back up >> both as they are different partitions. You could pay $99 per year to >> back up your primary drive and a backup drive (your other partition) >> but the basic, $59/year package allows only one drive to be backed up. >> You can call carbonite (1-877-2225488) and check with them. As to >> accessibility, the site works, and the client works well enough on >> Windows (you may need the jaws cursor though). I don't know about the >> mac client as I have not yet tried it. >> On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Paul Hunt" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone. I have been running Windows with VM Fusion for the >>> past two years. Although it works pretty well there are problems. >>> 1. Freedom Scientific doesn't support its applications when they are >>> running in a Virtual Machine. If I make any changes to the VM I lose >>> an activation. >>> Freedom Scientific gets quite irritated when they have to reset keys >>> too often. >>> 2. Although Windows and MS office work pretty well in the VM, Open >>> Book does not. >>> 3. FS Braille Display drivers do not load in the VM. >>> 4. I got a chance to compare performance with the VM and with Boot Camp. >>> There is no comparison, Boot Camp performs much much better. >>> Here are my questions. >>> 1. Will I have any problems reading from or writing to files on the >>> MAC partition? >>> 2. Do any of you use Carbonite to back up both your boot camp and Mac >>> partitions? Is the web site for Carbonite accessible? >>> I will continue to use the MAC for ITunes. I also want to keep up >>> with accessibility improvements in the IWork suite. >>> >>> Thanks so much. >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [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. >> >> > > -- > 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.
