Hi Chris, Yes, I believe OSX is lighter on processor threads than windows. But, I’ve never read any definitive proof of that. Just get the macbook pro you like and make sure it has an SSD and the maximum amount of ram and you’ll be fine! Jeff
> On May 29, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Chris Meredith <[email protected]> wrote: > > See, this is what I was thinking--particularly as pertains the CPU. Am I > right in assuming that OS X is generally lighter on resources than Windows? > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Jeff Greene <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi Chris, > I always believe more memory is a good investiment. I have a 2012 non-retina > mbp that I upgraded to 16gb ram and a samsung ssd. It runs windows fine > either via bootcamp or fusion 7. Also I use sharp keys from randyrants.com > <http://randyrants.com/> to remap tilde to insert. I also remap ] to an > applications key. So to summ up don’t worry too much about the processor all > modern quad-cores are up to what you want, but go for the 16gb ram! You won’t > be disappointed. > Jeff > >> On May 29, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Chris Meredith <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Greetings. >> >> I'm looking to finally upgrade my (ancient) late 2011 MacBook Pro. Assume >> for a moment that the unit will need to occasionally run Windows under a VM, >> in order to support Visual Studio, Xamarin .NET development for iOS/Mac OS >> X, and the ability to connect back to a Mac for debugging. Ideally, the Mac >> that the Windows VM connects to wants to be the Mac on which it runs. >> Would the preconfigured models have the specs to do what I"m asking, it >> would it be worth customizing (adding more RAM, etc.)? What are folks >> running that are using Fusion to run Windows virtual machines? >> Also, how are folks getting around the fact that Windows screen readers >> pretty much all use Caps Lock as a modifier, which Fusion never gets from >> the operating system? >> >> Thanks, >> Chris >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
