Hi Cam, I am new to the Mac myself but managed to get Vmware Fusion and Windows 7 up and running. Here is what I did. * go to the VmWare web site at http://www.vmware.com and find the Fusion section. Once there you have to register and then they send you a trial serial number which you have to enter into the product once installed. Next you have to download the disk image and install the application. Insert your windows cd or dvd and it will show up as a volume on your mac desktop. Now run the VmWare application and type command-n to create a new virtual machine. This starts the virtual machine assistant that will detect that you have a windows disk. Choose the easy install option and click continue. Enter your product key on the next screen and windows will install, the virtual machine will restart and the windows desktop will appear. Now press command-control-enter to make your machine full screen then press command-f5 to turn off vo and command-g to give keyboard focus to the vm. You can now install software under windows. I used a utility called sharpkeys available at http://www.randyrants.com to remap the right command key as an insert key and the right option key as the windows applications key. Another note to keep in mind is that the command key is the windows key and the option key is the alt key so when you use sharpkeys, a utility that inserts a registry key into windows to remap your keyboard keys, you are remapping the right windows key as an insert key and the right alt key as an applications key. If you need some help in getting this set up feel free to send me an email.
Doug On 2010-04-15, at 8:51 PM, Cameron Roles wrote: > Hi all, > > Sorry if this has been covered - I'm a newby to the mac. I want to run > windows still on my macbook. How does vmware fusion 3 work, and I've > read I need to do some key mapping? Is this correct, and if so how do > I do this? > > MMany thanks in advance for any help you can give me. > Cam > > -- > 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=en. > -- 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=en.
