Generally Windows viruses won't work on OSX so it's not like having a
virtual windows box is going to add much risk. As a virtual windows
machine it is just as susceptible to viruses as a real windows box. That
also means you could create a document in Windows that is infected, use
your Mac to send it, which won't do anything to your mac, and then
infect a windows recipient. It's like the Mac is wearing an asbestos
lined suit while passing along fireballs. Anyway, the only
cross-platform viruses I've ever heard of were Word macro viruses but
I'm not sure if those are still around much these days. Worst case is
that some worm infects the virtual windows machine and formats its
virtual drive, not your whole mac. The virtual machine is sort of
playing in its own sandbox that keeps it from messing things up beyond
the boundaries you've allowed it.
CB
On 1/17/14 5:50 PM, Terje Strømberg wrote:
One question, in unity mode, in VMWare Fusion, do you risk any virus from the
Windows side to run into the mac side? It could be configured for Windows OS
and Mac OSX? Is it maybe best to keep Windows fun in Windows in shell mode or
what i can call it?
Take care
17. jan. 2014 kl. 22:25 skrev Chris Blouch <[email protected]>:
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.
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