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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1569836" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>I use VMWare Fusion for my virtualization needs. Currently running Linux and Windows 8.1 Pro for work on my rMBP and I share those same VMs with my home iMac..</p><p></p><p>I use an external HD to keep the VMs so that I only need a single Windows license. I, however, do need two licenses for VMWare fusion.</p><p></p><p>To run Windows in a virtual environment, you want to look at the <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements" target="_blank">system requirements</a>, you'll see you need 2GB for the 64-bit version of Windows 8..and 1GB for the 32-bit..</p><p></p><p>If your MBA only has 4GB of memory, that means you are splitting the available memory between OS X and Windows and frankly that means neither OS will work really speedily for you. My rMBP and iMac both have 16GB of memory and I give my Linux and Windows VMs 6GB which makes them usable..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1569836, member: 110816"] I use VMWare Fusion for my virtualization needs. Currently running Linux and Windows 8.1 Pro for work on my rMBP and I share those same VMs with my home iMac.. I use an external HD to keep the VMs so that I only need a single Windows license. I, however, do need two licenses for VMWare fusion. To run Windows in a virtual environment, you want to look at the [URL="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/system-requirements"]system requirements[/URL], you'll see you need 2GB for the 64-bit version of Windows 8..and 1GB for the 32-bit.. If your MBA only has 4GB of memory, that means you are splitting the available memory between OS X and Windows and frankly that means neither OS will work really speedily for you. My rMBP and iMac both have 16GB of memory and I give my Linux and Windows VMs 6GB which makes them usable.. [/QUOTE]
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