--- Forwarded Message from Laura A Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8921 Fusion question >From: Laura A Atkinson <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:47:19 -0400 I prefer and recommend dual boot with Boot Camp. It's not that difficult to reboot into the other OS when you need it. Running the two concurrently essentially cuts your hardware resources in half and that is going to be far more time consuming than a reboot. And Boot Camp is free, included with Mac OS 10.5. As for setting them up - it takes a real investment of time and brainpower to learn how to do this on multiple computers. If you were just doing one, it's pretty simple and straightforward - just make sure you make the Windows partition big enough at the start! You can't easily resize it later. But if you're going to set up one machine and then clone it to others, that takes a lot of trial and error and learning. Don't expect to get it done in a few days. Winclone is great (and free!) for cloning the Windows side from within the Mac OS: http://twocanoes.com/winclone/ NetRestore or Disk Utility, also free, are great for cloning the Mac side: http://www.bombich.com/software/netrestore.html and Applications/Utilities folder, respectively. NetRestore is supposed to be able to clone the Windows side, but there's a whole chorus of techies including myself who couldn't make that work. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Laura Atkinson Instructional Technology Lab Specialist Center for Instructional Technology / Instructional Media & Language Technology Services Duke University [log in to unmask] ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> 09/03/2008 08:15 PM Please respond to Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc 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 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************