Do you only need to make a copy of the original Windows by clicking command + c and store it on a free space? Then throw it in the trash and copy it back with command + c and paste it into the virtual machine folder again? That would be fantastic in a way, because we are sort of talking about a windows computer.
Take care 17. jan. 2014 kl. 23:21 skrev Chris Blouch <[email protected]>: The little I do in Windows didn't require a dedicated Bootcamp setup so I've always used VMs. The other nice thing is the virtual windows hard drive is just a (large) file. So I keep a master copy around and if my running copy gets mangled somehow I just put it in the trash and clone another one from my original. There is also a 'snapshot' thing in VMWare which will let you keep a whole hierarchy of point in time stored so you can revert back. I haven't used that as I'm usually just testing stuff out on clean setups and then throwing them away. I also keep multiple VMs around for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8. That would be nearly impossible with a bootcamp setup. CB On 1/17/14 4:56 PM, Robert C wrote: > Chris, > Thanks. Have you used both modes? Since the Mac experience is new for me I > want to do what works right the first time. I can keep using the Windows > machine and have to until I find a Windows 7 dvd anyway, but it would be a > tidy office here to have only one computer. > > I hope there will be further confirmation from others while I hunt for a dvd. > > Quote of the nanosecond . . . > Oxymoron: A stripper's dressing room > Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn > E-mail- > [email protected] > > On 1/17/2014 1:25 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: >> You can set up a mac to 'dual boot' where you partition your hard drive >> in two pieces with Windows on one and MacOS on the other. Then Apple's >> BootCamp tool lets you pick which one you want to start up. When running >> Windows this way it's no different than any other PC laptop and your >> Apple turns into one of the best high-end Windows machines. The downside >> is you have to be in Windows 'mode' or Mac 'mode' and the two do not >> share or talk to each other. So there should be no reason that any USB >> Windows device wouldn't be happy in that arrangement. That said, the >> more integrated approach is to use VMWare Fusion to emulate some PC >> hardware so you can essentially run Windows as an app on your Mac. While >> I haven't had the need to attach a lot of USB devices, usually when I do >> and VMWare is up and running it will ask if I want the newly attached >> USB device connected to the Mac side or the virtual Windows instance. I >> would think that if you chose Windows the Windows app running in the >> virtual windows would have no idea that it's not running on a real PC. >> Of course the virtualization is not always perfect but a lot of things >> seem to just work. Would probably be worth giving it a go with Fusion. >> >> CB >> >> On 1/17/14 4:16 PM, Robert C wrote: >>> Hi everyone, >>> Just joined the list. Got a MacBook Pro recently, and will start >>> training on it next week. >>> >>> First of many questions, but will not fire them off too quickly. I am >>> switching from Windows 7 to the Mac. One program that is not yet >>> supported by OS X Mountain Lion is Duxbury. I will keep the Windows >>> laptop to run that and MS Office. >>> >>> I had asked Enabling Technologies, who makes the Juliet embosser, if >>> the embosser will work connected via USB to the Mac with Windows on >>> it. This is their response. >>> >>> "...in a dual boot environment rather than in a virtual machine. >>> However, we have not tested this." >>> >>> Does this mean I cannot use VMWare for this? If so, will dual boot be >>> accessible anyway? What is the difference between the two modes? I >>> hope to get answers I can put to use during the training. Thanks. >>> >>> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >>> "You can pretend to be serious; you can’t pretend to be witty." >>> --Sacha Guitry (1885-1957) >>> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn >>> E-mail- >>> [email protected] >>> >> > -- ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
