lol, there's a difference between apple sales staff and technical operators lol. VMWare requires it's own virtual storage to create an instance / instances. so as an example, a configuration for windows 7 with what you need would be 40gb recommended with a minimum 2gb ram. if your mac has 4gb ram, highest safe memory is 2gb ram to fusion, 2gb to system. lew On 6 Oct 2013, at 14:02, Kim Kilpatrick <kimjkilpatrick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> ************ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>>>> their list subscription is: >>>>> >>>>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>>>> >>>>> The list archive is located at >>>>> >>>>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>>>> >>>>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>>>> >>>>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> ************ >>> >>> >>> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >>> >>> >>> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >>> their list subscription is: >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >>> >>> The list archive is located at >>> >>> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >>> >>> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >>> >>> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> >> > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
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