[mac4theblind] Re: Installing my vm ware fusion and windows 7
- From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 11:00:35 -0400
you can also get a complete report on your macs specs by finding it in the
apple store or using her serial number to find it. being assured that it would
work is not enough and lew is correct, apple sales are there to sell, not to
support.
I’ve sugested to folk that they get 8 g ram and at least 256 gb of sad for
windows. I don’t know about vm but that should suffice for bootcamp. boot
camp is a lovely way to go and it’l show you why I don’t use windows although
it would be interesting to see how fast the putter boots with it.
On Oct 6, 2013, at 9:02 AM, 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
>>>>
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