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Hi David,
Congrats on the iMacs. We've been playing around with the idea of doing
something similar here.
I've got Fusion installed on my MacBook Pro and I absolutely love it. It's
actually super easy to install XP to a newly created virtual machine once you've
got VMware Fusion installed on one of the iMacs. If for any reason you need to
make changes to the installation, delete the installation, or even install a
linux build (Ubuntu, for example) to a separate virtual machine, the Fusion user
interface is very straightforward.
The great thing about virtualizing XP on Mac is that you don't actually touch
your OS 10.5 Leopard installation. Each virtual machine is installed as a set
of files, so if at any point you want to roll back the installation(s) of XP
(or, God forbid, Vista...), you can just delete the virtual machine and you're
back to a clean, pure install of 10.5 on the shiny new iMacs. I suppose that if
you *really* wanted to roll back to a more 'factory' look and feel on the Macs
you could even uninstall Fusion, so no worries there.
A few nice features worth mentioning:
- "Unity" mode, which allows you to run XP apps in separate windows side by side
with your Mac apps
- Full screen mode, which gives the user the familiar feeling that they're
working on a PC
I would check out VMware's website for Fusion and watch a few of their demo
videos, which are actually pretty good.
https://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
http://download3.vmware.com/demos/fusion/
Enjoy!
John Verbick
Director, Modern Languages Learning Center
Instructor, Spanish
Department of Modern Languages,
Literatures, and Linguistics
University of Oklahoma
Kaufman Hall 229
Norman, OK 73019
(405) 325 1352
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Subject: #8921 Fusion question
Dear LLTIers,
We've purchased a few new 20" iMacs (2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo). We'd like to
install Windows XP and Fusion on one machine, mainly for demonstration purposes.
Fusion is supposed to make switching back and forth between the two operating
systems "seamless"--no rebooting necessary.
Can anybody provide Do's and Don'ts for installing Windows on this nice new Mac?
Is any preparation needed? Our machines are not managed by the university--we're
on our own.
Thank you.
David Pankratz
Loyola University Chicago
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