I'm running a VM of Windows 7 SP 1 on a MacBook air i7 (1.7 GHZ, 8 gig ram) and it is blazing fast. I have never seen Windows operate so sleekly, even on high-end laptop PC's. Switching between Fusion and Mac is a breeze. I agree with Chris. Right now, I have 4 gb of RAM allocated to Windows, leaving 4 for Mac and I get no slowdowns. 4 GB only can be a little tight. It's more expensive, but take into consideration that the MacBook Air line is at the cheapest it's ever been. Also, investing so much in a MacBook means that you want it to last (or I'm hoping you do!). RAM is soldered onto the logic board, so there's no feasible way to upgrade it.
-----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 11:30 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: question about running Windows on a Mac No reason why not. The Air comes with a minimum of an i5 Intel processor which is pretty speedy. In some ways, a Mac can make for a nicer Windows laptop than some purpose-built Windows hardware. That said, I'd bump up the RAM if you can. 4GB is going to be a bit tight if you want to allocate 2GB or so to Windows in a VMWare Fusion setup. I have a MacBook Pro with 8GB RAM and that feels much more comfy. From what I can tell, Windows beats on hard drives and folks I know running VMWare on SSD have a much faster performance. As far as ways to run Windows, Fusion or BootCamp are the main methods. You can fiddle with the free Virtualbox but you'll get there sooner with Fusion. Asking about Fusion v. Bootcamp will get you a lot of opinions wither way. Bootcamp lets you get the full speed of your hardware but you have to reboot to get back to the Mac, making it harder to integrate stuff from both platforms. VMWare adds a layer of goo for Windows to ride on top of which slows down performance, but at least you can copy/paste between the two worlds and, when you don't need Windows, you just quit vmware. CB On 6/13/14, 10:44 PM, Juliette wrote: > I am interested in getting a Mac Book Air, but was wondering if this > would have enough power to run Windows. Also, is it still relevant > that you can only run Windows either from Boot Camp or Fusion? > Thanks. > -- ¯\_(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. 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.
