hi harry, booth camp does not cost money, except for what you pay for a legal copy of windows. I found it to be definitely worth it. Though i try to do it all on the mac, obviously, it is still good to have windows. it can come in handy.
mauricio On Oct 4, 2012, at 10:44 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Harry, > > I'm installing windows7 via bootcamp tommorrow 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 > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
