VMware Fusion Ideal Settings for Best performance

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VMware Fusion Ideal Settings for Best performance

Can someone please help with the ideal settings for VMware Fusion on mac for best performance.

My Machine Details

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Processor : 2.8 GHz Intel Core

Memory : 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Storage : 750 GB SATA Disk

Graphics : Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB

Am using VMware Fusion Version 4.1.2

At Present the resources I have allocated for VMFusion are

Processor : 1 Core

Memory : 4 GB

Thanks

Brij

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Mar 2, 2013 4:32 AM

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mende1

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Mar 2, 2013 4:36 AM in response to brijeshrsyadav

VMware Fusion doesn't slow down the Mac just because having it installed. You have 16 GB of memory in the computer and you assigned 4 GB for the virtual machine you have, so you shouldn't have any memory problem. Also, your Mac has got a great processor that run virtual machines without any problem.

If you feel your Mac slow while running the virtual machine, just reduce the amount of memory assigned to the virtual machine, depending on the operating system you have in the virtual machine. For example, I recommend 2 GB or more for Windows 7, and you can run Linux virtualized assigning only 512 MB of memory

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