I have an I7 2.5 ghz chip on my 2013 MBA and assigned one core to windows7. I didn’t realize their were 4 virtual cores available. Are you saying I can bump the cores assignment up to 2 and still be using only half of capacity? BTW: I’m not experiencing any lag time in windows7 with the 1 core - it’s running just fine for my needs - mainly office 2010 suite. On Mar 7, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
> Even the lowest MacBook Pro has a dual core i5 CPU which runs as four > processors as far as OSX is concerned. So from a Fusion standpoint I'd try > bumping the CPUs up to two. Many threads I read have lackluster behavior for > Windows 7 when running just one CPU. I'm not sure how CPU intensive a mush > client is but Jaws can suck up a lot of CPU on its own. At least that's worth > trying. Worst case is that it has no effect. You could also try the latest > Jaws and see if that makes a difference. You can just download it and install > it concurrently with Jaws 12 and run it in 45-minute demo mode. As far as > crashes, are you saying Fusion, Windows 7 or Jaws crashes? > > CB > > On 2/19/14 2:30 PM, Shannon Gerdts wrote: >> Hello Chris, >> We have the second teer of the 13 inch macbook pro that came out recently >> so it has one of the cores allocated for running windows, by default 60gb of >> hard disc space, and we tried the 2gb of memory which was default and 4gb >> but it seemed to act the same. We're running windows 7 home premium and >> jaws 12 and for the most part it seems to be sluggish mainly on mushclient >> and I'm not sure why that would be. It also isn't allowing mush to pull up >> any of the configuration windows like the output config, the plugins, >> triggers, aliases, etc. Whenever we try to do it even manually going >> through the menus it crashes. >> >> Take care, >> Shannon Gerdts >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Blouch >> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:09 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: trying to install fusion >> >> Hmm. With an SSD it should be pretty speedy. How many CPUs did you >> allocate? Which flavor of Windows did you install? What version of Jaws? >> Do you have the same issues with NVDA? >> >> CB >> >> On 2/18/14 7:51 PM, Shannon Gerdts wrote: >>> Hello Chris, >>> Our disc drive is a solid state since it's the new retina versions of >>> macbooks which only come in the ssd option. They only saved one of the >>> older versions of macbook pros in the 13 inch version which has the old >>> style hd's. For whatever reason though even switching it to use 4gb or >>> 4096mb of memory for windows it was still running kind of slow and I'm not >>> sure why. >>> >>> Take care, >>> Shannon Gerdts >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Blouch >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 4:35 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: trying to install fusion >>> >>> Memory-wise, that should be fine. Next would be disk performance. Since >>> you're on a laptop it's going to be laggy. For example, my MacBook Pro >>> comes with the Apple Hitachi 750GB drive which is 7200 RPM, which isn't >>> too bad but some machines save power with slower 4800 or 5200 rpm drives. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 2/18/14 3:32 PM, Shannon Gerdts wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> Thank you guys for the responses! Our laptop we purchased has 8gb of >>>> ram so I was thinking of giving 4gb instead of 2 to the windows system for >>>> better response times. >>>> >>>> Take care, >>>> Shannon Gerdts >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Blouch >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 2:03 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: trying to install fusion >>>> >>>> One bit of caution is to not starve RAM on the Mac side. Mavericks doing >>>> nothing seems to take up about 1GB RAM. So if you are on a 4GB RAM >>>> machine and give 2GB to your virtual machine, and VMWare taks abouther >>>> 3-400MB of overhead, that leaves just 1.5GB RAM or so for the mac side. >>>> Open Safari and a bunch of tabs and you can start triggering virtual >>>> memory swaps. That said, Windows is also very disk intensive, which is >>>> why folks with SSDs are so happy with performance. Not sure why MS >>>> designed it that way but Windows just beats on the hard drive. So if >>>> you're on a laptop with a power sipping but slower 2.5" spinning drive, >>>> Windows just isn't going to be as responsive. >>>> >>>> CB >>>> >>>> On 2/18/14 1:36 AM, Joseph Norton wrote: >>>>> Hi: >>>>> >>>>> To increase the memory, first, shut down the VM. Then, once it's shut >>>>> down, you can press command-e to get into settings or that VM. You >>>>> should see options for processors and memory in there. All you do is >>>>> adjust the memory size and close that screen. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 2:06 PM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> Ok so continuing along this thread. We've now got fusion installed, >>>>>> jaws installed and now noticing a bit of a problem. This problem is >>>>>> when using various programs, currently we're using mushclient, it's >>>>>> seemingly running a bit slow giving about a half a second to one second >>>>>> lag on every command inputted. >>>>>> I'm thinking this slow down is due to the fact I couldn't get the >>>>>> customize settings button to work when installing windows onto fusion so >>>>>> that I could adjust the amount of memory used from 2gb to something like >>>>>> 4gb instead. Does anyone know if there is a way to modify this once >>>>>> windows is installed or is the only way to fix this to completely redo >>>>>> the windows installation on fusion and try and get that customize button >>>>>> to activate? >>>>>> I'll explain what I mean by not getting the customize key to work. >>>>>> When I got beyond the screen where I chose the windows version to >>>>>> install, the user name, windows product key, etc. it gave me the >>>>>> confirmation screen and showing me how much gb of hard disc space it >>>>>> would allocate, the amount of memory it would allocate, etc. It had it >>>>>> set to 60gb of hard disc space by default and 2gb of memory set by >>>>>> default so I wanted to try and hit on the customize settings button >>>>>> after I hit my right arrow keys beyond those displays of the default >>>>>> settings while using the quicknav keystrokes. I then tried hitting the >>>>>> up and down arrow keys together while using quicknav, turned off >>>>>> quicknav keys and hit VO spacebar, hit enter, hit space, etc. and every >>>>>> single time it would seemingly always hit the finish default button >>>>>> where it would want me to save the virtual machine file and start >>>>>> installing windows. >>>>>> Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated as I feel we're >>>>>> so close to having my wife up and running with everything on her >>>>>> computer except for these minor adjustments to make her windows >>>>>> experience much more enjoyable and doable in some cases. If we can get >>>>>> this sorted out the only thing we have left to figure out is how to use >>>>>> the jaws cursor, pc cursor, and left/right click commands on windows >>>>>> inside fusion without a number pad and for whatever reason the standard >>>>>> laptop keys don't work for this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Take care, >>>>>> Shannon Gerdts >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Caitlyn and Maggie >>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 7:55 AM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: trying to install fusion >>>>>> >>>>>> Wow, this is interesting. So, after you c/p the installation file into >>>>>> the folder of choice, onceyou open the vm, or rather, run the vm, you >>>>>> should be able to run the installation file and install your screen >>>>>> reader? >>>>>> That sounds much neater then fiddling around with narrater and going >>>>>> onto the web or fooling around with usb drives.. >>>>>> thanks! >>>>>> Caitlyn >>>>>> >>>>>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Joseph Norton <joseph.nor...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Actually, if you have the installation files (like j14.xxx.exe) on the >>>>>>> Mac, you can copy and paste to the vm. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just select the file in Mac OS, press command-c to copy. Then, go into >>>>>>> the VM, make sure you are in the desktop or another folder (like >>>>>>> Downloads) and press command-v. It will copy the file onto the Desktop >>>>>>> or into the folder you have open. This has worked for me in Fusion 5, >>>>>>> so I'm assuming it should work in 65 as well. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:41 AM, Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> I actually never did try that. However, after a while and still >>>>>>>> having it say fusion busy anytime we went to that window we decided to >>>>>>>> do a forced quit on the application and reopen it. When we did this it >>>>>>>> suddenly brought up the screen where we could start installing windows >>>>>>>> allowing us to complete this task. >>>>>>>> However, now I have a follow up question which I'm not sure how to do >>>>>>>> just yet. Now that I have windows installed in fusion and I have >>>>>>>> narrator up and running I'm trying to figure out how exactly I can >>>>>>>> copy say my jaws installation from my dropbox on the mac OS to fusion >>>>>>>> so that I can install it on windows there. Any idea how I go about >>>>>>>> doing this so that I can get windows fully up and running with jaws >>>>>>>> and therefore allow my wife to fully take advantage of having windows >>>>>>>> on her mac? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Take care, >>>>>>>> Shannon Gerdts >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Terje Strømberg >>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:08 AM >>>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>> Cc: Terje Strømberg >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: trying to install fusion >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Have you tried to turn off Voice Over and turn it on again? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Take care >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 16. feb. 2014 kl. 01:01 skrev Shannon Gerdts <bambam...@gmail.com>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>>>> So I'm currently in the process of trying to install fusion on my >>>>>>>> wife's laptop. However, after we told it to continue after putting in >>>>>>>> our license key it just sits there saying fusion busy. Anyone know why >>>>>>>> this would be or how we can find out what's going on so that we can >>>>>>>> finish getting it installed and get to installing windows? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Take care, >>>>>>>> Shannon Gerdts >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> >> > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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