Hi Bill, I would say: maybe you can consult the doc or help that comes with fusion. I suspect you're right but I myself don't know. But having a quad core and having fusion with windows 7, which can take advantage of multiple cores, i think it does make a difference to change the number of allocated cores. Paul. On Sep 6, 2011, at 2:35 PM, Bill Holton wrote:
> A related question. If I have a quad core Mini can I allocate it to four > processors? If I do does Windows share the processers with Lion on a need > to use basis? I suspect this must be true because otherwise you could not > run VM Fusion with a single core chip. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Paul Erkens > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2011 10:06 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Running a Mac with Windows on > > Eric, Bill, list, > The way to allocate ram to your virtual machine is an easy one this time. > Here's how to allocate ram to your virtual windows machine inside vmware > fusion. > 1. Fire up fusion. If your virtual windows machine starts up, then shut it > down, but don't command w close its window. The virtual machine should be > visible, after having it shut down, but not running. > 2. Now, hit command plus e, to get into the settings for only this virtual > machine. > 3. From here, it's easy. Just go to processors and ram, and in there, make > sure you type 2048 in the ram field for your virtual machine. Having 4 gigs > in your mac will give 2 gigabytes to the virtual machine, and the rest to > the mac. That's all. > 4. Don't forget to close and save the new setting with command w. > > Hth, > Paul. > > On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:24 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > >> Hi Paul and others, >> >> Paul, your directions worked perfectly! I'm now making progress. > Windows 7 is running and JAWS is talking to me. >> >> The next important thing is getting a insert key as sadly even in laptop > mode the caps lock seems to stay a caps lock. I have sharp keys downloaded > but don't seem to be able to get it to work. >> Is there a way to re map the keys in VM fusion? >> >> And another tip where do I make sure the ram allocation is split to 2 GB > each for my 4 gb machine? >> >> Thanks so much for this help folks! I'd be lost without this assistance! >> >> eric Caron >> On Sep 4, 2011, at 2:58 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >>> Hi Eric, >>> Don't worry about the version of fusion. You can update any time by going > into the menu bar, vo m, then one vo right arrow to the fusion menu, then vo > down to check for updates. That should give you the latest and lion > compatible version. I'm running it just fine. >>> >>> Regarding the vmware tools, it will say not installed as long as the > tools are really not installed. It will say update vmware tools as soon as > the tools have ben successfully installed, but once installed there's > nothing to update. >>> >>> Your next question was how to get into the windows environment. If you > are inside fusion, you can check if windows is currently running by going > into the menu bar, vo m, then right to virtual machines, then down to > windows is off, windows is running, windows is suspended. That's a status > item and it is therefore always dimmed. Below it, in the same menu, you will > find options to change the status. I.e., if windows is now suspended, you > will find resume. If windows is running, you will find restart, shutdown > suspend. If windows is off, you will find startup. Make sure windows is > running, to begin with. >>> >>> Now, how to get into windows. First off, windows can be full screen, in > which case you only see button button in the entire fusion window, or > windows can be in a small, tiny window inside fusion. If windows is > minimized this way, you will hear connect apple facetime hd camera, connect > hard disk, network, sharing etc. If you encounter these controls in the > fusion window, you know that windows is now in a very small portion of the > screen, inside the fusion window with all its controls. >>> >>> To toggle these 2 states, minimized or full screen, use command control > enter, and explore the window with voiceover so you familiarize yourself > with the 2 states. >>> >>> Now make sure windows is minimized. With voiceover, find something that > says progress bar. This item is not really a progress bar, but it is the > tiny window that windows 7 runs in. Now that you set focus to this window, > turn voiceover off, command f5, and enlarge windows from here. Control > command enter. From now on, you're in the windows environment. >>> >>> Now, be ware that your command key by default is not your alt key, and > that option is not windows logo. Instead, these are swapped. You can restore > that behaviour if you want so ask if you want that. To start narrator as a > test, hit win plus r to open the windows run dialog, type narrator and > press enter. Narrator is a bad thing to use in windows 7, so install nvda > jaws window eyes whatever, as soon as you can. Remember: win r is command > plus r until you change it. >>> >>> Hth, and let us know your further questions. From within windows, shut it > down using windows itself. You will return back into fusion, where you can > turn on voiceover some 5 seconds after windows 7 shuts down, and then you > can go ahead as usual. >>> Paul. >>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 8:28 PM, Eric Caron wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Mike and others, >>>> >>>> I just took the plunge and purchased VM Fusion. I would love some > help from some VM Fusion users. My first big concern is that I purchased VM > Fusion 3.1 and as I read the documentation it says nothing about Lyon. Are > people using VM Fusion 3.1 with Lyon and Windows 7? >>>> >>>> I got to a point in the installation where it says VM Tools were not > installed and I should go to the VM machine menu and then VM tools. first > when I went there it said cancel VM tools so I assumed it was installing and > left it alone. Nothing changed but when I went back to the menu it now said > update VM tools. I pressed that and it offered me the chance to install a > install exe file. I went ahead and pressed it. >>>> I really don't know what to do next. For all I know everything > could be working correctly and I just don't know how to enter the windows > environment. I did the instal from Bootcamp hoping it would come up > talking. I have entered my serial number for VM fusion but have not been > asked yet for my windows key. >>>> >>>> I'd love some tips. I'm in a screen that has vm file Edit VM machine > and such in the apple menu. on the screen there are buttons that say things > like connect hard drive. and connect sound card. >>>> >>>> Tips on my next step would be greatly appreciated! >>>> >>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, you would need a windows screen reader, just like you would > running windows on a pc. It's no more or less crash prone than a pc, it > would allow you to run microsoft products if you needed to. >>>>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:01 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, I'm still pondering getting a Mac. I understand I could run > windows on the machine using vm fusion? So this would mean I could run ms > products, but would I still need a screen-reader like Jaws? Or would vo work > with it? >>>>>> Personally I find Windows very unstable, is it's quality through > programs like vm fusion or bootcamp good? 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