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Hey all,
I have a question about running OS Virtualisation in Snow Leopard. I will be receiving my copy of Windows 7 soon and am undecided about running it in Boot Camp or whether to use VirtualBox and run it in virtualisation.
I totally understand that using Boot Camp will allow it to use the hardware of my Macbook natively, whereas virtualising the OS will not. I am not planning to do anything processor intensive on Windows 7 (I'll use Snow Leopard for video editing, Etc) so am not too bothered if I don't have 'full capacity' on the Windows side.
My question is this:-
I understand that, by running Windows in virtualisation, I will need to allocate a certain amount of RAM to the OS. Is the RAM I allocate to the virtual OS, taken away from the Mac OS? I have 4 GB RAM in my Macbook so, if I was to allocate 2gb RAM to the Windows side, does that then mean that my Mac OS side will only have 2gb RAM to function with?
If so, I may end up using Boot Camp, as I know that the Windows side will use the full 4GB RAM.
Am I missing something here?
Many thanks in advance,
Lugz
I have a question about running OS Virtualisation in Snow Leopard. I will be receiving my copy of Windows 7 soon and am undecided about running it in Boot Camp or whether to use VirtualBox and run it in virtualisation.
I totally understand that using Boot Camp will allow it to use the hardware of my Macbook natively, whereas virtualising the OS will not. I am not planning to do anything processor intensive on Windows 7 (I'll use Snow Leopard for video editing, Etc) so am not too bothered if I don't have 'full capacity' on the Windows side.
My question is this:-
I understand that, by running Windows in virtualisation, I will need to allocate a certain amount of RAM to the OS. Is the RAM I allocate to the virtual OS, taken away from the Mac OS? I have 4 GB RAM in my Macbook so, if I was to allocate 2gb RAM to the Windows side, does that then mean that my Mac OS side will only have 2gb RAM to function with?
If so, I may end up using Boot Camp, as I know that the Windows side will use the full 4GB RAM.
Am I missing something here?
Many thanks in advance,
Lugz