VMWare Fusion with WInXP

pjfan281 · pjfan281 #1 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 04:31 PM

Hey all. I have a Mac system with a crazy amount of RAM (8gb). I was thinking of getting VMWare Fusion for run WIndowsXP too. My question is, if I install a 32-bit version of xp I already have, will I somehow be limited to 3GB of ram? Or does it still go by the host machine's ability and allow me to utilize, say 4/6gb?

BlueMac · BlueMac #2 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 04:37 PM

Vista is limited to 3 GB of RAM. XP will run on 3GB just fine though.

pjfan281 · pjfan281 #3 (**permalink**)

11-11-2008, 04:51 PM

well 3gb i know will work. i was wondering about more than 3gb (4,6). to my knowledge, xp addresses only about 3.5 as well. i doubt i will have any needs for such high ram, but if i'm only running winxp and mac, it would seem easiest to give 2 cores of processing and 4gb ram to each

THeBadMonkey · THeBadMonkey #4 (**permalink**)

11-12-2008, 06:35 AM

Vista 64 bit in theory will support up to 16gb however it is a reg hack to get it to work, and I can't remember what it is.

The 32 bit limits on 3 ish gb ram is a hard coded limit, it doesn't matter how much more you throw at it, it simply won't recognise it.

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Member Since: Nov 11, 2008 Posts: 2	11-11-2008, 04:31 PM Hey all. I have a Mac system with a crazy amount of RAM (8gb). I was thinking of getting VMWare Fusion for run WIndowsXP too. My question is, if I install a 32-bit version of xp I already have, will I somehow be limited to 3GB of ram? Or does it still go by the host machine's ability and allow me to utilize, say 4/6gb? Last edited by D3v1L80Y; 11-11-2008 at 04:37 PM.
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Member Since: Sep 22, 2008 Location: Leeds Posts: 108 Mac Specs: Black Macbook: 2.4 ghz dual core 4gb Ram 250gb Hdd	11-12-2008, 06:35 AM Vista 64 bit in theory will support up to 16gb however it is a reg hack to get it to work, and I can't remember what it is. The 32 bit limits on 3 ish gb ram is a hard coded limit, it doesn't matter how much more you throw at it, it simply won't recognise it.
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