How easy is it to add more RAM to an Imac? I'm not thinking about doing that right away, but I might in the future so my Windows VM will run faster. On Feb 26, 2010, at 2:59 AM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> You should probably stop running it on your Mini with 2GB memory. *smile* > > Memory is cheap. A whopping 8GB is only $350 if bought in 2 4GB modules, like > for a MacBook. If you're buying for an IMac, you can use 4 2GB modules, and > get 8GB for more like $250. > > If you don't give VMware lots of memory, it isn't going to work. If you do, > it runs just as fast as a real Windows PC. VirtualBox and Parallels will be > just as slow without enough memory. XP Pro needs 1GB to run at its best. Win > 7 needs 2GB. That's how much they need on real PCs, so it isn't reasonable to > expect that they can run well with less in a virtual machine than is required > on a physical computer. > > Bryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Fogarty > Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 3:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 > > Yeah I've found that vm 2 and vm 3 fusions are both slower than a turtle > walking backwards up an ice slope. > > > > If only parallels was usable. Or virtual box. > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt > Sent: Thursday, 25 February 2010 4:10 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: VMWare Fusion 3 / Windows 7 > > > > Good evening, > > > > Curious if anyone has written about accessibility differences between VMWare > Fusion 2 and 3. Would someone who has upgraded share if you are finding > anything troublesome in the new version, anything new that is a benefit? > > > > Also, for anyone who has installed Windows 7 in Fusion 3, was the process > easy, can it be automated like Windows XP, and which edition of Windows 7 > installation media where you using? > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > Everett Zufelt > > http://zufelt.ca > > > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > > > > > -- > 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. > Ryan Mann email: [email protected] phone:386-383-5175 -- 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.
