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i have VMware fusion but when i run it, i don't think much of my cpu power is running with it. is that true? if so, would me running windows via bootcamp allow me to use full cpu power for windows?
 

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I think you might be a little confused there. Fusion can use up as much CPU resources as your computer has. There is very little overhead. The big difference would be in playing games where you'd need full 3D acceleration. In that case, Boot Camp would be the better option.

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I think you might be a little confused there. Fusion can use up as much CPU resources as your computer has. There is very little overhead. The big difference would be in playing games where you'd need full 3D acceleration. In that case, Boot Camp would be the better option.

More information here.

i don't need it for games but something very similar. but this answers my question exactly. thanks for the help. :D
 
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also, keep in mind that you have to adjust the vmware machine to use x amount of your systems ram, this is accesible after the virtual machine is powered down, clicking settings on the top of the fusion window, then tabbing over to memory under the system hardware drop menu. as seen here:


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yes. i've tried that aswell but the higher i set it. the slower it runs..
 
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hm... the virtual machine runs slower the higher you set it or your macintosh runs slower? what kind of apps are you running in windows?
 
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hm... the virtual machine runs slower the higher you set it or your macintosh runs slower? what kind of apps are you running in windows?

if i set it passed 512 my mac is barely functional and windows is basically frozen. last time it took me about 15 minutes just to get it to shut down. my windows has about 20mb of apps and nothing else on it. btw i have 2GB ram. that's why i'm so baffled by this whole thing..
 
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hm... i have a similar setup and have no problems with going up to 1G for each, could you share the rest of your virtual machine's settings with me i.e. number of virtual processors and the like?
 
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i have VMware fusion but when i run it, i don't think much of my cpu power is running with it. is that true? if so, would me running windows via bootcamp allow me to use full cpu power for windows?

Are you running Vista or XP? I'm going to take a guess and say Vista.
 
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i'm sorry mach2o, i have very little experience with running bootcamp through fusion, in fact i was not even aware that was possible, you may want to try posting it in a new thread on the bootcamp section of the forums, found here:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=28

and welcome to mac forums!

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When I had parallels, which is very similar to VMWware, it didn't allow me to choose how much memory I'd like to use; the default was 512 MB. Oh yeah, and I have 2 GB of Memory like you do, going to update to 4 when I get to New York though ^^.
 

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When I had parallels, which is very similar to VMWware, it didn't allow me to choose how much memory I'd like to use; the default was 512 MB. Oh yeah, and I have 2 GB of Memory like you do, going to update to 4 when I get to New York though ^^.

You can adjust the size later, by editing the VM while it's "powered off"
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Oh well, I did not know that, sorry. But 512 MB seemed pretty good any how, I used my Mac OS X more than the Windows.
 

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