Which works for you depends a bit on how you will be working with the two platforms. The nice thing about fusion is it makes Windows into just another app. So you fire it up when you need something in Windows and you quit when you're done. With Bootcamp you're pretty mcuh rebooting the machine into Windows and then rebooting again to get back to the Mac. I prefer the Fusion route since I live more in Macland than Windowsland. Note that you can simply 'suspend' Windows on Fusion when you're done so you don't have to do a full shutdown restart cycle. Bootcamp will also require you to partition you hard drive into two pieces. So if you have a 150GB drive and give 100 to Mac and 50 to Windows, and you end up using only 10GB on Windows, the rest is wasted. Fusion dynamically allocates space so you tell it you want a 50GB drive for Windows but it only allocates space on your Mac as it needs it.
CB John W. Carty wrote: > I'm making the leap to a mac yet my work will require the use of some > windows applications. I have a failing pc and I don't have the > resources to purchase two separate machines so I plan to install > windows and jaws on my new mac. I'm looking at a 13" mac book pro. > > It seems like I have a choice between using bootcamp which will create > a physical partician on the hard drive and allow for booting into > either environment or using fusion which produces a virtual environment. > > This is all true if I understand these processes correctly. Please > explain if I have this wrong. > > My questions include: > > Which approach do you prefer bootcamp vs fusion? > > What's the trade off between these two options? > > When running windows and jaws on a mac how do you handle the > difference in keyboards such as backspace and delete? > > Are there other issues to consider that I have overlooked? > > Thanx, > > John Carty > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=.
