If you really mean that the VMs run slowly, then you haven't given them enough memory. It doesn't matter what you've heard about what is possible, XP won't run right in a VM with less than 512MB, and it needs 1GB if you want it to run as well as possible. For Windows 7, 1.5GB is the minimum for good performance, and 2GB is recommended.
The sound in VMware will lag. VMware uses a buffer to prevent glitches in the audio. This means that you have increased latency between when you press a key (such as a screen reader key), and when you hear the speech. The lag isn't long, but you certainly can notice it. You can reduce the buffer. First, power off the VM (must be shut down, and suspended doesn't count). Find the virtual machine (the blah.vmware) file, press vo-shift-m, and select show package contents. In there, find the blah.vmx file. Press vo-shift-m again, and select open with, other. On this screen, select TextEdit. You need to add the following line at the bottom of the file. pciSound.playBuffer = "25" Restart your VM, and most all of the latency will be gone. However, you might hear an occasional pop or crackle in the audio. Too bad, that is the tradeoff. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 5:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP I haven't noticed problems with MBP audio speeds but I have noticed problems related to speed of vm fusion on my MBP and on a couple of I macs I use. I find vm fusion is really slow even with 2 gig of ram and a dual core processor running. Anyone got a fix for this? Or has anyone got any idea of whether or not parapllels 5 will work with jaws on a vm, or even virtual box as a vm host / client. I need to sort this out for work as need vm's of xp and windows 7 running asap. Cheers Simon f -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Hofstader Sent: Saturday, 13 February 2010 4:12 a.m. To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Fix for Sound Related Slowness on MBP Hi, A number of us have been complaining about various slowness problems. This may be the fix: http://accesstechnews.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/apple-offers-fix-for-audio-re lated-mac-pro-performance-issue/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter. cdh -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
