Excellent. These are great tips. If you have any helpful resources for
getting a good handle on OSX, I'd appreciate that as well. Thanks again.

 

Joe

 

From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
[mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Caitlyn furness
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:09 PM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Windows on a Mac

 

Hi Joe,

Wow, lots to cover here!

 

I'll have a go at some of this and I know others will chime in..

 

Yes, 250 g is enough space for both operating systems.   You can partition
your hard disk in any configuration you like.

 

I'd personally allow 2 g of ram for windows.

 

The alt and command keys are switched, but I think you might be able to use
something like key remapped, but I'm not sure about this.

 

For your cursor question, go into vo utility, and under the navigation tab,
you want to change the option for "vo speaks caracters the cursor passes.  I
forget exactly what the option you want is called..It might be something
like, speak the character  to the right of the cursor or something like
that.

 

I don't use boot camp, so unfortunately I can't answer boot camp questions
except to tell you that you *might* need sighted help to set this up.  there
is a program out there now that some have used to set up boot camp without
sighted help, but this is way beyond my knowledge.

 

hth,

Caitlyn

 

On Nov 18, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Joe <jsoro...@gmail.com> wrote:





Hello,

 

I've no doubt my questions have come up time after time. I'm new to the
list, so please feel free to point me to the appropriate archives if my
question have already been answered.

 

I'm considering installing Windows 7 on an 11-inch MacBook AIR. My
questions:

 

1. How much RAM do you recommend?

 

2. Is 250 gigs sufficient to run both operating systems?

 

3. How much space should I devote to Windows using BootCamp?

 

4. Will the processor be relevant, or can I stick to whatever comes standard
with the MBA?

 

5. Can someone tell me what keys are used to replicate certain Windows keys:
Delete, Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down?

 

6. How proficient can one use JAWS under Windows in this arrangement?

 

7. As for OSX, I know there is a decent startup tour. Is there a free book
or free resource that would let me learn my way around the operating system
in a Voiceover context?

 

8. How do I go about changing the verbosity setting to allow me to delete
characters in the same style as in Windows?

 

Thanks all in advance for your help.

 

Joe

 

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