Comments on: Windows Vista v Windows XP under VMware Fusion http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html Andrew Grant Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-32387 Andrew Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:08:27 +0000 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/11/03/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html#comment-32387 Nicole, Lack of aero-support is indeed unfortunate but one of those virtual machine things. I don't miss it that much, but probably will in Win7 with the more Aero-based effects. I run my VM with 1.5-2GB of Ram and 1 virtual CPU and find the performance more than adequate. This may be because I've upgraded my HDD to a 7200RPM model so paging is less noticeable. Hard drive speed is one of those specs that's less often talked about but can make a big difference. Nicole,

Lack of aero-support is indeed unfortunate but one of those virtual machine things. I don’t miss it that much, but probably will in Win7 with the more Aero-based effects.

I run my VM with 1.5-2GB of Ram and 1 virtual CPU and find the performance more than adequate. This may be because I’ve upgraded my HDD to a 7200RPM model so paging is less noticeable. Hard drive speed is one of those specs that’s less often talked about but can make a big difference.

]]> By: Nicole Hamilton http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-32234 Nicole Hamilton Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:10:32 +0000 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/11/03/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html#comment-32234 I should add that if you do want to run Vista under VMware, you should at least adjust the settings. By default, VMware only gives Vista one processor and 1GB of memory. Upping that to 2 processors and 2GB did make a big difference, but still not enough to make me enjoy the experience. I should add that if you do want to run Vista under VMware, you should at least adjust the settings. By default, VMware only gives Vista one processor and 1GB of memory. Upping that to 2 processors and 2GB did make a big difference, but still not enough to make me enjoy the experience.

]]> By: Nicole Hamilton http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-32233 Nicole Hamilton Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/11/03/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html#comment-32233 I'm coming to the conclusion that trying to run 64-bit Vista under VMware (in any mode) is something you want to do only occasionally. It's just too painfully slow, whether it's booting, running or shutting down. If you want to get some real work done with Vista, you need to actually boot Vista. Especially annoying is the lack of support for Aero under VMware, even full-screen. Booting Vista directly, the hardware is plenty fast and Aero runs beautifully. But VMware doesn't support the transparency and shading hardware features in its virtual machine. I’m coming to the conclusion that trying to run 64-bit Vista under VMware (in any mode) is something you want to do only occasionally. It’s just too painfully slow, whether it’s booting, running or shutting down. If you want to get some real work done with Vista, you need to actually boot Vista.

Especially annoying is the lack of support for Aero under VMware, even full-screen. Booting Vista directly, the hardware is plenty fast and Aero runs beautifully. But VMware doesn’t support the transparency and shading hardware features in its virtual machine.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-31330 Andrew Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:52:30 +0000 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/11/03/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html#comment-31330 I've done 2,4,6. I had planned to get a little more aggressive with disabling unused services, but the performance is good enough that I haven't been compelled to yet. I might look at the battery suggestion though, I have noticed that battery life seems to take a bit of a hit when Fusion. I’ve done 2,4,6.

I had planned to get a little more aggressive with disabling unused services, but the performance is good enough that I haven’t been compelled to yet. I might look at the battery suggestion though, I have noticed that battery life seems to take a bit of a hit when Fusion.

]]> By: andy http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/10/27/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html/comment-page-1#comment-31329 andy Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:24:31 +0000 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/11/03/windows-vista-v-windows-xp-under-vmware-fusion.html#comment-31329 nice, this comparison was exactly what i'm looking at doing since my xp bootcamp running through fusion 2 is starting to die. same hardware, same idea :) have you tried the optimization tips that vmware have published? http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2008/09/optimizing-vist.html nice, this comparison was exactly what i’m looking at doing since my xp bootcamp running through fusion 2 is starting to die. same hardware, same idea :)

have you tried the optimization tips that vmware have published?

http://blogs.vmware.com/teamfusion/2008/09/optimizing-vist.html

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