Hello all,

I’m very new to list, and still very new to screen readers and Macs.

I was wondering what is VMFusion? Is a virtual program for Windows?

>From what I can understand, I thought emulators or virtual programs is not 
>accessible? Or is there an solution?

Thanks!
Daniel Hawkins
- Posted from my Macbook Pro

2012 15in. Macbook Pro
2.3 Quad-core i7
4GB DDR3
500GB HDD

Dual Boot:
Windows 7 Ultimate Edition 64-bit

On Dec 29, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Littlefield, Tyler <ty...@tysdomain.com> wrote:

> oooo thanks a ton for these  links, that's awesome.
> Also: virtualbox is just a virtualization solution. I have 16 gb ram, so I 
> figured I'd give 4 of that to a bsd box so I could test my libraries and that 
> on BSD as well.
> HTH:
> On 12/29/2013 9:37 AM, Regina Alvarado wrote:
>> What do you do with a virtual box? Curious is all.
>> 
>> 
>> reggie and Allegra
>> 
>> On Dec 29, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html
>> 
>> http://www.perkin.org.uk/posts/create-virtualbox-vm-from-the-command-line.html
>> 
>> http://nakkaya.com/2012/08/30/create-manage-virtualBox-vms-from-the-command-line/
>> 
>> Gena
>>> On 29 Dec 2013, at 02:59, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That is very true, and a good point. Unfortunately, I was never able to 
>>> find any tutorials or even manuals for getting started with the command 
>>> line interface to Virtualbox. Still, it is definitely worth looking into.
>>>> On Dec 28, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I thought Virtualbox was controllable through the terminal so you don't 
>>>> have to use the GUI. From the manual:
>>>> 
>>>> "VBoxManage is the command-line interface to VirtualBox. With it, you can 
>>>> completely control VirtualBox from the command line of your host operating 
>>>> system. VBoxManage supports all the features that the graphical user 
>>>> interface gives you access to, but it supports a lot more than that. It 
>>>> exposes really all the features of the virtualization engine, even those 
>>>> that cannot (yet) be accessed from the GUI."
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html
>>>> 
>>>> It's free so why not give it a try.
>>>> 
>>>> CB
>>>> 
>>>>> On 12/28/13 2:06 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>>>>> Fusion is $60 last I checked, at least for a personal license. No, 
>>>>> virtualbox is not at all accessible. Someone once posted a quick tutorial 
>>>>> on using it to set up a VM on Windows which you'd then import to the Mac. 
>>>>> Still, when I gave it a try, audio in the vm was extremely low and 
>>>>> nothing I did would bring it up. I find Fusion to be better, plus, of 
>>>>> course, the preferences and other settings are accessible.
>>>>>> On Dec 28, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Littlefield, Tyler <ty...@tysdomain.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> hello:
>>>>>> I had a quick question. I don't have the $100 something for vmware 
>>>>>> fusion, but I wanted to install BSD on my IMac. Anyone know if 
>>>>>> virtualbox is accessible, or if there are other choices?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Take care,
>>>>>> Ty
>>>>>> http://tds-solutions.net
>>>>>> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he 
>>>>>> that dares not reason is a slave.
>>>>>> Sent from my Toaster (tm).
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>>>>> Have a great day,
>>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
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> Ty
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