[mac4theblind] Re: Installing my vm ware fusion and windows 7
- From: Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 09:02:22 -0400
This is a recent mac book air and the apple people assured me that it would
work.
Smile!
Kim
On 2013-10-06, at 8:47 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> ey up,
>
> to check your available RAM go to the apple menu, about this mac, then it
> will give you your available ram.
>
> in terms of storage, you can find out this in system profile or going to your
> desktop or even going to system utility and seeing what drive you have
> installed, also available space left. Macbook Airs aren't exactly built for
> mass storage or running high spec applications, but they can still handle it
> with external storage, etc or depending on the model, possible upgrades.
> earlier macbook airs are user serviceable providing you have expertise in it.
>
> lew
>
> On 6 Oct 2013, at 13:33, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Lew.
>> I might have to ask for step by step instructions.
>> How do I find out on my mac how much memory etc it has?
>> Kim
>>
>> On 2013-10-06, at 4:22 AM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> ey up kim,
>>>
>>> no worries, more than happy to help out.
>>>
>>> you can do either process as installing VMWare fusion is just that, it
>>> doesn't force you to install an OS on first launch, it asks if you want to
>>> do any migrations, new machine sessions, etc.
>>>
>>> you can download windows and then mount it using fusion to install. you can
>>> perform an unattended install by setting up a default install instance or
>>> you can do a tailored installation like I prefer to do which means working
>>> directly with the windows installer. either way you should be fine. one
>>> note to be wary of is RAM and space. if your macbook air has anything less
>>> than 128gb solid state storage and 4GB ram, you're pushing it a little
>>> because Windows 7 doesn't really perform that well with anything less than
>>> 2gb ram as a config and about 40gb volume size as a dedicated virtual drive
>>> (vmdk). You can run 32 bit and 64 bit versions of windows 7 in fusion, so
>>> it depends on what you're going to run, etc.
>>>
>>> if you get stuck, drop me a message and I'm happy to help.
>>>
>>> lew
>>> (Moderator / Support)
>>>
>>> On 6 Oct 2013, at 00:32, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all.
>>>> I am going to put vm ware fusion and windows 7 on my macbook air.
>>>> I don't have a lot of need for this but I do want to train some people
>>>> with windows and I do some accessibility testing that I need to use
>>>> windows and a screen reader.
>>>> I don't have a copy of windows 7.
>>>> Have a very old copy of windows xp which I don't want to use.
>>>> So my question is, what is the best sequence of steps to do this?
>>>> Do I go and download windows first while I am using voiceover?
>>>> Can I download it after installing vmware?
>>>> Can I do the whole thing without sighted assistance?
>>>> I'm a bit nervous and don't want to mess up my macbook air.
>>>> any tips?
>>>> I know we have discussed this before but just wondering the sequence of
>>>> what I need to do when.
>>>> Thanks for any help.
>>>> Kim
>>>>
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