If Windows is what you like then Apple gives you what you want. I agree that Apple has made me more productive and I have done 10 times as much on a Mac then I have done on a Windows box. I am writing a blog post about these facts that most of us share. I like the word reliable, it means allot. It means when I need it I can depend on it. I am sure your opinion will change shortly and you too will be drinking the coo-laid. Windows is a great guy but if I can't depend on him then we will have to stay distant until he gets his stuff together. That doesn't mean we can't hang out together. You use the tool for the job.
On Apr 22, 2008, at 6:26 AM, David Truong wrote:
HI Mate,Fair enough too. If you love the Mac then that's great. My reason for using the Mac is simple. I've heard and believe that the Mac operating system and its associated hardware is very reliable. That is the Windows weak point no doubt about that. I don't believe any of the other bS being said about windows as it has been great to me except for its unreliability. So I figured get my favourite operating system interface wise along with all of my favourite programs and put it on a reliable platform as well as on a really small pc = Mac Mini. NO point relearning new programs just to boosts ones ego. I use computers for what it can do for me and I don't see the Macoffering me anything else more apart from reliability. David Truong EMail and Messenger: davidtruong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: blindboxer1967 -----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Reedy Sent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 3:27 PM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [macvoiceover] Re: Thanks all, got it working was: Really need helpwith VMWare Fusion and Windows on a Mac Mini. Hi Sara, I am sure that some folks need to run Windows for one reason or another. Maybe they have expensive programs that they use for work or something like that. However, as for me, I run a MAC because of its ease of use, it does everything I need in my office and because, it just works. Up until 3 years ago I had been a windows user. I had used JFW and Window-eyes and before that DOS, but I had never found anything that has maid me more productive than the MAC. The Voiceover screen reader is very nice, very quick, responsive and a pleasure to use, but the real pluss for me is the MAC platform. Keyboard commands for the most part are the same from program to program, it does not have the history of crashing as with other platforms, the updates are really helpful and I can't think of anything that I did with windows that I can not do easier and faster with the MAC. In short, it just works. The screenreader on the MAC is not loaded on just a few thousand MACS, but, millions of MACS. I can walk in to a growing number of public places, press command-f5 on a MAC and go to work. The thing I try to make important to wood-be MAC users is in order to use the MAC affectively, is to remember that the MAC platform is a different platform, a simpler platform a more user friendly platform. To those of you who are using Windows on the MAC, please take the time to learn the MAC. Your life will change for the better and you will be glad that it did. Keith Reedy On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:51 PM, Sara wrote:I've been following this discussion and am glad you got it working. I don't know how to do that so I couldn't offer advice but it's interesting to me that people run Windows on a Mac. I never thought about the machine being nice and small and the hardware being really good and that was why people wanted to put Windows on it. I had always assumed people bought Macs to escape from Windows but I guess that is not always true. I don't really understand this virtual stuff. Is Windows really there? smile Just kidding, I guess it is there, but being run by another program or something? Please keep the interesting topics coming! Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Truong" <bnfiles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxTo: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 10:22 PM Subject: [macvoiceover] Thanks all, got it working was: Really need help with VMWare Fusion and Windows on a Mac Mini.HI Cheryl, Well, after reading your message and taking a lot of your advice, I have the VMWare playing ball and now have windows on my Mac Mini. Thank Christ is all I can say. I really appreciated those suggestions you gave me to check on especially regarding how long the installation of windows can take. It took an hour and a bit for mine. Also, I did as you suggested, as soon as I was sure Windows had installed, I did the command+g and then typed in my password. However, I sort've did it in blind faith as I wasn't given any feedback whether I was on the right field or not but never mind it worked. I knew though that you had succeeded so I thought it should be right and it was. I managed to get narrator going and Now it's working great. I have my screen reader on there and have windows configured to how I like it. Just about to install some programs on it. You know I am so happy now that I can use windows on such a small machine and I know the apple hardware is great even if the os isn't my cup of tea. So thanks to you and all of you who helped in getting me the best of both worlds smile. David Truong EMail and Messenger: davidtruong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: blindboxer1967 -----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cheryl HomiakSent: Tuesday, 22 April 2008 10:31 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Really need help with VMWare Fusion and Windows on a Mac Mini. Ok, here are things to check. First of all, my installation has been known to take longer than half an hour; I'd leave it for an hour to be safe. Second, you don't say whether you logged in with your password before trying to install vmware tools. What I do is leave the cd in when I think it's done and do cmd-g to direct input inside the virtual machine and type my password and hit enter. If it's installed and your sound is working, you should hear the xp startup music. then I go into the menus and do "install vmware tools" or "up[date vmware tools" whichever it says. You'll get a dialog to confirmyou want to do that and later if you go back that same menu item says"cancel vmware tols installation" but it never changes. Just leave it for a few minutes and then restart with cmd-u r (cmd is the windows key). Third, before trying to get narrator up or even before trying to type your password and start, did you use vokeys and check whether sound is connected and whether whatever speakers you are using are connected? Sorry, I'm not getting this in order, but I thought the virtual machine could only do 20GB; your post says you are changing it to 100gb. Also, how much memory do you have; do you have a gb of memory to give and still have enough for macosx. Those are the things I can think of offhand. Also, Narrator has this annoying dialog the first time it starts up so if you have a talking installcd for jaws or windoweyes I'd just put that in, but I'd do that after starting so you know you can hear the startup music and your sound isworking, and I'd do it after the vmware tools install and restart, when you should again hear the startup music but remember you'll have to give it a minute or two for the restart and then enter your password if you have one; it won't start up without your password. If you don't think you've installed correctly, I'd just remove the whole Virtual Machines directory from you Documents directory if you don't have any other virtual machines there and start over. It really does work well once you get it going; I had a little trouble thefirst time but I reinstalled recently and it went much more smoothly.-- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."Click on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.com Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email tomacvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxwith 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceoverClick on the link below to go to our homepage. http://www.icanworkthisthing.comManage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below.//www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover
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