[macvoiceover] Re: Windows on a Mac
- From: "Sarah Clark" <goldflash9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:45:33 -0700
How much of a difference in speed is there between using bootcamp and fusion?
Also, with Fusion, if you have an application running, say on the mac side, do
you need to close out of that application if you need to get to Windows? Or
can it just sort of get placed on "hold" while you switch over to Windows, and
then when you return to mac its still there as you left it?
Sarah
----- Original Message -----
From: vashaun jones
To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 9:37 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Windows on a Mac
You should use Fusion instead of Parallels. You can use your scanning
software and the other application in either Boot Camp or Fusion. You will have
to use a screen reader when using Windows either way. You will get allot of
feed back from this list on this topic and you should remember that Windows is
Windows is Windows. My meaning is that the same viruses, crashes and software
works just like on Windows no matter if you use Fusion or Boot Camp. Anti Virus
and firewall protection is also required. One of the best features of Fusion is
that if you get a infected machine, you can erase it and create another. I have
a total of four that I use along with a Boot Camp version for speed.
On Apr 12, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Sarah Clark wrote:
Hi All,
I just joined this list. I have always been a Windows user, but I will be
getting a new laptop soon and am considering getting a mac. The accessibility
of the mac with Voice Over sounds great and I'm sure I would enjoy it once I'd
get used to the difference in its functionality as compared to Jaws and
Windows. But there are still a couple of Windows based programs that I'd
really miss if I had a mac, so I have some questions as to the usability of
Windows on a mac.
I know that you can get a mac with either the bootcamp or parallel set up.
I was told that both will allow you to also run Windows on the mac machine, but
with bootcamp you must turn the machine off and then boot it back up into
Windows, whereas with parallel you can switch over to Windows without actually
needing to turn the machine off.
I am trying to find out if you can use Kurzweil on the Windows side, and if
so, if it matters if you have the bootcamp or parallel setup. The other
program I would like to be able to use is Abbyy Find Reader, so if anyone has
experience with that program, the same question goes.
Also, does Voice Over work while you are using Windows? If not, can you
have Jaws on it for Windows?
These are the main considerations I have. If I would have the ability to
use Kurzweil and Abbyy Find Reader on the laptop, I would not hesitate in
getting a mac.
Thanks,
Sarah Clark
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