Running VM's in Bootcamp on macbook pro

[deansmith]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone may be able to help with this.

I have a macbook pro 2.66ghx, 4mb ram, osx 10.9 and have the following requirements.

..I use an application that is web based and pc only so i am using windows 7 on my macbook pro in bootcamp. Also this app is internet based and requires a decent connection speed and fast processing. So far this part works fine, but i would like to do the same with additional VM players (windows 7) from within bootcamp.

I have tried this but so far i have had alot of issues with speed and crashing and overheating.. i have got macfan running to help cool things but it still gets too much.

So i guess my main question is whether my machine is capable of doing this task fast and reliably in bootcamp? If not would it be worth an upspec?

I appreciate that a pc would be more suitable for this but i would like to to know if its possible on my macbook before i spent out on a pc?

thanks for any help...

 

[pigoo3]

So far this part works fine, but i would like to do the same with additional VM players (windows 7) from within bootcamp.

What VM do you want to run within bootcamp?

- Nick

 

[deansmith]

I want to run windows 7 on vm players. I will not need to run any apps on the Vm players but i will need to have to be quite fast

 

[pigoo3]

I want to run windows 7 on vm players. I will not need to run any apps on the Vm players but i will need to have to be quite fast

If I'm understanding things correctly…you want to run a VM with Wndows 7 in bootcamp. If this is correct…why do you want to run Windows 7 within Windows 7??

If you have Windows 7 installed via bootcamp on your Mac…you already have Windows 7 installed "natively" (no need to run a VM of Wndows 7 within bootcamp). So Windows 7 (within a bootcamp partition) is going to run just as fast as it would on a "Windows Computer".

- Nick

 

[deansmith]

Yes, that is correct
I need to run each VM (in window7) independently within bootcamp (windows 7) on a mac.

Windows 7 in bootcamp is running fine. It is the VM's that are running slowly. I was just wondering if this was due to my computers processor/memory limitations?

 

[pigoo3]

If you got each installation of the operating system doing something independently and simultaneously...this is like trying to run 2, 3 ,4, or more computers within one computer. And this could all be happening on an older Core 2 Duo 2.66ghz MBP (or maybe an early i7).

So the computer is going to have some performance & ram issues. I think that you may be asking this one computer to do too much.

- Nick

 

[Slydude]

I'm still not sure what the goal is here. As Nick mentioned the fastest way to run Windows 7 is via BootCamp. The downside is that this requires a reboot to change operating systems.

The alternative is to create a virtual machine that uses the Windows installation on your Boot Camp partition as a base. What I'm not understanding is the need for a second VM within that. Perhaps it would help if we knew what the app you're running does.

 

[chscag]

What I'm not understanding is the need for a second VM within that. Perhaps it would help if we knew what the app you're running does.

Running a Windows VM within Windows is also in violation of the Microsoft EULA unless he specifically has a version of Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 that it's authorized on. I believe only the more expensive professional versions of Windows allow another Windows VM to be run from it. For example, running a VM of XP or Vista from Windows 7. In either event, running another copy of Windows 7 from within Windows 7 is not allowed and probably won't activate anyway.

 

[sivatemp]

Hi Deansmith,

1.Did you checked your memory pressure.Since you are Windows not sure how you will do it
2. The reason i am saying this is,it depends on how much RAM memory you allocate to VM
3. I used Oracle Virtual Box VM and loaded windows in it. It took 2 to 3 GB of my RAM,it was very slow
4. So i upgraded to 8 GB RAM,now its working fine