Since I am not familiar with boot camp in the slightest, I couldn't venture a 
guess, so maybe someone else can offer an opinion.

But yes, I'm sure that it would probably run faster.  it would be a native 
Windows environment in that case, as a matter of fact.

Harry


On oct 5, 2012, at 7:16 a.m., Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> It just seems easier not to have to learn a whole new software package (I'm 
> referring to VMWare) to run windows for now. I'm hoping that later, once I've 
> become familiar with windows7 (I use XP), I'll be able to "import" my 
> bootcamp into a VMWare virtual environment.
> 
> Also, it's bound to run faster in bootcamp, and I assume there'll  be less 
> complexity as well.
> BTW: is that possible? will I be able to bring the bootcamped windows7 into a 
> virtual VMWare machine?
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com>
> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 12:59 AM
> Subject: Re: Boot Camp and 10.8.2
> 
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> Thanks very much for letting me know and also for providing the link.  Let us 
> know how it goes for you.  Is there a reason that you've decided not to use a 
> virtual machine instead?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Harry
> 
> On oct 4, 2012, at 8:44 p.m., Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Harry,
>> 
>> I'm installing windows7 via bootcamp tomorrow morning. It looks quite 
>> straightforward, but sighted assistance is required for the windows install 
>> portion of the process as there is no screen reader support at that point.
>> 
>> You can read the installation and setup pdf for bootcamp to get familiar 
>> with the steps involved. And, for the windows7 install, I found a detailed, 
>> step-by-step guide for installing windows7 on Black Viper's website
>> 
>> www.blackviper.com
>> 
>> search his site for windows 7 install.
>> 
>> I'll no doubt be crowing about my new windows7 machine, or asking 
>> frantically for help and advice, depending whether it goes well or badly 
>> tomorrow.
>> 
>> P.S. if you want a microsoft word document of the bootcamp setup and 
>> installation guide I can send it to you via email - contact me offlist for 
>> that doc.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com>
>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:10 PM
>> Subject: Boot Camp and 10.8.2
>> 
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I was wondering how hard it is to install Boot Camp, if it costs money, and 
>> if it is worth it if i already ache VMware Fusion.  Waht are the 
>> advantages/disadvantages?  would it make the Windows side of my computer 
>> faster/more efficient to be running without the Mac portion running at the 
>> same time, for example?  I know others ahve provided instructions, so I 
>> could search for those threads, if instructions were provided about the best 
>> way to search the mail archives, as I don't know.
>> 
>> Also, my other question has to do with 10.8.2.  I wondered, since I know 
>> some of you ahve had issues with Voiceover in 10.8.2, owudl yo urecommend I 
>> upgrade from 10.8.1?  I am really wanting to improve my Spanish skills, but 
>> my Voiceover defaults to English each time I restart to English even though 
>> my system in in Spanish.  I would install 10.8.2 in Spanish to avoid this, 
>> but don't want to make VoiceOver unreliable if 10.8.2 is still pretty buggy.
>> 
>> Thanks for any help, and I hope this is all clear, being unrelated as both 
>> portiosn of the post are.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> harry
>> 
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