I think I have the same machine specs you do. Some of this depends on
what you want to do while the VM is running and what you want to run on
the VM. I mostly use VMs for Jaws and web browsing to test things out
there, so 1GB RAM for Windows XP is fine. That leaves 3GB for the Mac to
do stuff. With the i5 you have four cores so you can give 2 to Windows
without causing havoc on OSX. If what you are doing on Windows is pretty
lightweight you can give the virtual machine just one CPU without to
much trouble. Not sure if Windows7 like running on a single CPU though.
I usually give that two.
CB
On 10/12/12 1:51 AM, Chris wrote:
Hello all so what should I choose for a 2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch
without retina display with 4 GB of RAM and a Core I5 processor? Thanks!
Christopher Hallsworth
On 12/10/2012 05:09, Chris Blouch wrote:
Depends on why it was running slow. If you had 4GB of RAM before and
only allocated 1GB to Fusion then it might not have been a RAM
limitation. Generally I've found Windows beats on my hard drive a lot
and from friends who have gone the SSD route VMWare really picks up the
pace. So I suspect the biggest improvement would be if you can up your
disk performance. CPU also helps if you have a few to spare.
CB
On 10/11/12 11:47 PM, Chris Bruinenberg wrote:
Hi all.
If i upgrade to 8 gb of ram, will vmware fusion run a bit faster and
more stable?
WIll it feel a bit more like bootcamp responsiveness?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Chris Bruinenberg
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