I have Bootcamp set up, yes. I have never had any problems, except the usual Windows oddities, when running it, it is only Fusion that is slow. I do have a normal (non-solid-state) hard drive, but that should not matter. I am running a VM sdet up from Bootcamp, so maybe that is causing problems, I don't know. On Nov 28, 2013, at 10:28 AM, Terje Strømberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just curious, don`t have fusion yet, but have Boot Camp. Do you have an ssd > or hdd spinning drive? The ssd and ram seems to be the most important for > minium latency. I experience a little latency in boot camp with a fusion > drive because it use the hdd spinning drive only for Boot Camp. Lacie rugged > external ssd with thunderbolt for about $250 may be an option to try soon. > > Take care > > 27. nov. 2013 kl. 06:03 skrev Alex Hall <[email protected]>: > >> thank you, that keyboard setting does seem to help. I have noticed my VM >> running at quite a lag, half a second to a second, which really messes up >> gameplay. It doesn't always happen, but it is enough that audio games are >> nearly unusable. I gave Windows one core and 3gb of ram, so it should be >> quite happy. How odd! If anyone has seen this, I'd greatly appreciate a fix. >> To be honest, the whole point of this setup on my personal machine is >> gaming, so if I can't use it for that, then I'm stuck with Bootcamp again. >> On Nov 26, 2013, at 2:43 PM, Caitlyn furness <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi alex, >>> I’m going to take a crack at some of your questions. >>> >>> For your problem with vo taking over, and also for some of the key strokes >>> not being recognized, you can either turn off vo while in the virtual >>> machine or go into the vm prefs and then find the tab called keyboard, I >>> think. In there, there is a check box which tells the vm to ignore all mac >>> osx commands. For myself, once I checked that little box, the guest >>> operating system acted better! >>> >>> The volume issue is probably windows volume and you can either turn up your >>> mac or go into control panel and turn up the volume in the other OS. >>> >>> hth, >>> Caitlyn >>> >>> On Nov 25, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I finally got VMWare Fusion running! I guess I complained enough, because >>>> they called me back within an hour, had me set up a remote access program, >>>> and did everything for me. <grin> I'm still not overly impressed with >>>> their support, but at least they fixed this. >>>> >>>> Now, though, I have some questions. This is on a Macbook Air with 4gb of >>>> ram (total, not for the vm only). I will set up Windows on my Mini soon, >>>> but want to iron everything out on the Macbook first since my Mini is my >>>> primary machine. >>>> >>>> 1. According to Fusion's preferences, ctrl-cmd should toggle >>>> keyboard/mouse control between Windows and Mac, but that does not always >>>> seem to be the case. Voiceover usually grabs keystrokes, almost randomly >>>> at times, and the caps lock modifier does not work at all. In addition, >>>> keyboard commander keystrokes are grabbed, so windows-b executes my >>>> battery script instead of jumping to the Task Bar. This, of course, means >>>> I cannot reliably control Windows, and cannot access the NVDA menus. >>>> >>>> 2. The default behavior for closing Fusion is to suspend open VMs. Is that >>>> okay, or is it recommended that I shut them down instead? >>>> >>>> 3. Windows seems quiet relative to OS10. Is there a way to turn it up? It >>>> may well be Windows' volume, I haven't managed to check yet (see #1). >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance, and I am sure I will have more questions as time >>>> goes on. As I said, I really want to nail down any possible problems >>>> before trying this out on my main machine. However, I am demoing Windows >>>> to a client tomorrow, using the Macbook, so it would be nice to have >>>> better control over Windows before then. (Yeah, I put this one off, but in >>>> my defense I never expected so much trouble with VMWare). >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. 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