Hello, I recently installedWin8 on a MBA that has 8 GB of RAM using an Intel 7 processor in bootcamp. I'm running ML and it's definitely the fastest PC I have ever had. I have solved a couple of issues such as sharing files/folders using One Drive or Dropbox and setting up the default startup or boot into Windows first. I find it easier through the bootcamp control panel to restart back into the Mac. I do have a small utility program called Bootcham to handle the ease of switching between the 2 operating systems, but it seems like there maybe something in ML that is conflicting with the program. This pqogram seems to work well in Mavericks. The only thing I wish I did was to allocate a little more disk space in the setup of bootcamp. I thought 100 GB for ROM would be enough, but with the installation of the following, it took almost 40 GB. I installed JAWS Openbook, Kurzweil, Duxbury, Office 2010, Dropbox, One Drive, Skype, Zello, my printer/soffware, and I think that's it. Oh! Of course, iTunes to handle the iPhone) I hope this gives you an idea of the amount of disk space and that like other who have responded, ar enjoying the best of 2 worlds.
Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 13, 2014, at 8:34 PM, "Tristan" <theblinddj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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. -- 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.
