I'm also curious for those of you who have used both Fusion and bootcamp if you have found bootcamp based Windows installations to be a lot more responsive, etc.
Best, Mika On 8/10/12, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1. You can read, but not write, the mac partition in windows. It works the > same in mac os: you can read the windows partition, but not write to it. > 2. I use Carbonite, but my understanding is that you can't back up both as > they are different partitions. You could pay $99 per year to back up your > primary drive and a backup drive (your other partition) but the basic, > $59/year package allows only one drive to be backed up. You can call > carbonite (1-877-2225488) and check with them. As to accessibility, the site > works, and the client works well enough on Windows (you may need the jaws > cursor though). I don't know about the mac client as I have not yet tried > it. > On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Paul Hunt" <prhu...@att.net> wrote: > >> Hello everyone. I have been running Windows with VM Fusion for the past >> two >> years. Although it works pretty well there are problems. >> 1. Freedom Scientific doesn't support its applications when they are >> running >> in a Virtual Machine. If I make any changes to the VM I lose an >> activation. >> Freedom Scientific gets quite irritated when they have to reset keys too >> often. >> 2. Although Windows and MS office work pretty well in the VM, Open Book >> does >> not. >> 3. FS Braille Display drivers do not load in the VM. >> 4. I got a chance to compare performance with the VM and with Boot Camp. >> There is no comparison, Boot Camp performs much much better. >> Here are my questions. >> 1. Will I have any problems reading from or writing to files on the MAC >> partition? >> 2. Do any of you use Carbonite to back up both your boot camp and Mac >> partitions? Is the web site for Carbonite accessible? >> I will continue to use the MAC for ITunes. I also want to keep up with >> accessibility improvements in the IWork suite. >> >> Thanks so much. >> >> Paul >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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. >> > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
