Hi Michelle. If you have no vision, Bootcamp may be an issue for you once you have switched to the Windows installation. I have found that Bootcamp makes Windows run a bit faster on my macbook Air, which has 8 GB of ram, but even with a virtual machine, things weren't too bad. As Caitlyn pointed out, whether you choose one or the other will depend on your system configuration.
HTH, Scott On 12/1/15, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just to add to what Chris already said, I run a virtual machine on my > macbook air and it’s extremely fast-much faster then when I had an actual > windows pc. Now, granted, I have the fastest processor you can get with the > mac air, plus I got 8 g of ram, so your mileage might vary depending on what > specs your macbook air has. Less ram and a slower processor will make > things a bit slower. Whether you notice this or not will depend on what you > use your virtual machine for. > > also, you can install and configure vmware and windows independently. I > don’t have any sighted humans around here to help, so this was a great thing > for me. I think with boot camp, there is part of the process in which you > will need sighted assistance. I do know there is some program to allow > blind folks to install windows with speech through the whole process, but I > don’t know if anybody has used this successfully with a mac and boot camp. > > hah, > Caitlyn > >> On Nov 30, 2015, at 10:39 PM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Yes, and you'll find lots of comments in the mailing list archives about >> it. There are two main ways - BootCamp and VMWare. Bootcamp lets you >> divide up your hard drive into a mac and Windows partition then you >> install Windows on its partition and then boot windows. It turns out Macs >> make pretty fast Wintel boxes. This gets you the fastest Windows >> performance but you have to reboot to switch between Mac and Windows >> "mode". You also have to guess ahead of time how much disk space to >> allocate between the two sides on your hard drive. VMWare lets you create >> a "virtual machine" that looks like a generic PC to Windows but is >> actually an app running under OSX. You have to buy VMWare and install >> that, create the fake virtual machine and then install Windows onto that >> virtual machine. The nice thing is when you need windows you launch VMWare >> and your virtual machine. When you're done you just quit like any other >> app. The Windows side creates a virtual C drive that is just a big file on >> the Mac. You can tell VMWare to make it 100GB if you want but it will only >> use as much space as is actually being used by the Windows files. The >> downside is performance. For modern Macs this isn't a big deal but running >> Windows on top of OSX is never going to be as fast as running Windows >> directly on the hardware. So if you don't mind it being a bit slower >> VMWare will get you a lot of flexibilty but you need Windows to run as >> fast as possible then BootCamp will be your ticket. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> CB >> >> On 11/30/15 7:48 PM, Michelle's Home emails wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> >>> Michelle here, >>> >>> Can I have windows installed on my Mac? So can I have choice of two >>> operating systems? Because there are programmers which does not run with >>> Mac or voiceover that well which windows can handle. >>> >>> Pardon my ignorance how is this done? >>> >>> I would rather take to uni my Mac it weighs far less and is great on the >>> battery life, particularly if I want to study on my long journey home >>> which is about two to three hours train ride. >>> Michelle >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> >>> --- >>> 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 >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> >> --- >> 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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac > Visionaries list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > 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/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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