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Originally Posted by drgrafix
OK... I can now say "AHA!" because I've learned some interesting things. I will most likely install the VM on the iMac's internal HDD. With 4GB of internal memory... I should be OK as I only plan on running windows when I absolutely need to.
Is windows going to nag me to use OE and IE?
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Well, those will be the default apps to do email and web browsing within your virtual machine. But you can change them, just as you would on a regular Windows machine.
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And should I even be concerned about service packs beyond SP2?
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I would certainly keep your VM up-to-date on patches and service packs. Windows is still susceptible to worms regardless of whether it's run in a physical or virtualized environment.
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Will I be able to drag files from the VM into the mac environment or will I have to do something else?
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Yes. You can drag and drop between desktops. Also, you can put Fusion in "Unity Mode", where the Windows desktop disappears and all of your Windows software appears to run natively on your Mac (including having icons in the Dock).
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Along that same line of thought, I have a second 1TB USB drive (NTFS) that is used to store mostly image and document files, but it also has a few backed up DVD files on it. I just bought an Airport Extreme and with the USB connection, I was hoping that I could access that drive from the VM or the Mac environment. Will I be able to? Probably not the right thread to ask that.
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I wouldn't see why not.