[nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

what type of job would that be and why are you running that instead of a straight windows machine?

Bryan Schulz

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Aaron Cannon 
  To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:03 PM
  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?


  I use a Mac running Windows every day at work with no problems.  I
  have it setup to dual boot, not as a virtual machine, so there's no
  issue with slowness as Windows runs directly on the Mac hardware.

  Aaron

  On 3/2/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
  > It really depends on what kind of computer user you are. If you are one of
  > those people who gets frustrated if the computer is the least bit sluggish,
  > then, yes, you need a PC. Even if you max out on the RAM memory on the Mac
  > and then give as much to the virtual machine as possible, it still is often
  > not enough. The one experience that I had was with Windows XP, so, if
  > Windows 7 manages memory better, it may not be the same.
  >
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Stephanie Ludi" <salvse at rit.edu>
  > To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
  > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:48 PM
  > Subject: [nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?
  >
  >
  >> Hi,
  >>
  >> Has anyone had any problems running JAWS on a Macbook Pro or Air that is
  >> running Windows 7?  I am going to use this info as part of a purchasing
  >> decision and I want to know if I can dual book from a Mac or if I need to
  >> have a PC laptop for Windows in order to run JAWS.
  >>
  >> Thanks,
  >> --Steph
  >>
  >>
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