Well at times running windows on a mac is more a nightmare than a day dream in my experience. But once you work through all the headaches, it can be done pretty well. First, you won't be using Parallels. It's not accessible. You'll have to use VMware fusion if you want a virtual machine or of course you can use Boot Camp if you don't mind separating your Windows and Mac experience. The biggest problem with VMware fusion is that most of my sighted friends using Macs don't use it. It doesn't have nearly the ratings of Parallel and except for accessibility doesn't seem to be of interest to people I know. So getting help is sometimes challenging. If you want your experience to be particularly snappy in windows, you'll have to have at least three cores to dedicate to the Windows box. Fortunately the Mac doesn't need so much. I had mine on a Mac Air but it was pretty sluggish and crashed a lot. I finally wen to a Macbook Pro with maximum specs and it's running quite well. But that doesn't address your interest to do this on the cheap. I think your copy of WindowEyes will run in the virtual machine with Windows7 but check with them to be sure. NVDA certainly will of course. be prepared for headaches though. You have to map some keys, resolve whatever conflicts arise about hardware and applications etc. I've found it to be pretty challenging at times. Reliability of help from the lists has been hit and miss too. Having said that, I'd probably do it again.
On Feb 26, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a day dream/goal to happen before the end of the year. I'd like to > have a Mac to run Windows via parallels. We are on a budget, so buying a > super duper iMac is not doable. I was wondering about a Mac Mini for running > Windows. > > We have a TV that can be used as a monitor and we have a Zagg bluetooth > keyboard. We also have a Microsoft connection, so fingers crossed on a good > deal for a Windows CD. BTW, I want the best bang for my buck. :) I want > OSX & Windows to run smoothly, if not snappy. :) No sluggishness. > > I'm open to any advice you have for me. Here are a few questions off the top > of my head. > > 1. Which Windows Oporating system should I go for? > 2. Will NVDA run on that system. I'm guessing that my copy of window eyes is > too far out of date. I think I have 7.2 > 3. I'm going to paste a link of a local Mac store that sells pre-owned Macs. > Will you offer up your knowledge on the best deal? If there is one. Power > of the machine, price, etc. > http://www.themacstore.com/parts/code/PM_CU_MM_IN > > > I currently have a MacBook Air, which I believe has enough oomph to it, but > the SSD isn't very large, 128GB. > > Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this topic. > Traci > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
