Hi Chris, I believe I set the disc space to 80gb. But if i look in the virtual machines library folder it says like 20gb. Tonight I'll take a look at fusion preferences. Thanks, Jeff
On 10/10/14, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Ok, just wanted to make sure you hadn't allocated all your Mac's > resources to Windows :) Sounds like this was a clean install so you > should be on the latest virtual hardware version. You can check that in > the VMWare Fusion preferences under compatibility. On my Fusion 6 Win7 > machine it goes to 10 so I'm assuming the hardware version on yours goes > to 11. How much disk space did you allocate to the virtual machine? The > default setting is to grow the disk storage as needed so maybe it's > still growing that. My basic Win7 machine (Firefox, Jaws) takes 13.9GB. > > CB > > On 10/10/14, 9:16 AM, jeff `greene wrote: >> Hi Chris, My mac has 16gb ram and a quad-core processor. I noticed >> during the fusion setup process there were some check boxes. The one >> that was checked was easy setup, I'm wondering if one of the other >> choices would have been better. >> Jeff >> >> On 10/10/14, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> Just to check off the obvious, how much memory and CPU does your Mac >>> have? >>> >>> For me the USB stuff has just worked including my Jaws key and various >>> thumb drives although I don't use those often anymore. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 10/9/14, 4:04 PM, jeff `greene wrote: >>>> Hi Chris, I allocated 8gb memory and 2 cpu cores. If I have voiceover >>>> running when I plug in my flash drive it does ask me if I want to >>>> connect it to windows 7. Then my windows screen reader says there is a >>>> problem. I'm going to play around with it again tonight, maybe there >>>> are other settings available when windows isn't running. It just seems >>>> kind of disappointing, the last time i used fusion it was version 3 on >>>> a dual-core i7 with 4gb of ram to share and it seemed faster. Also, my >>>> macintosh hd is an ssd, so it really disappoints me. >>>> Regards, Jeff >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/9/14, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>>> How much memory and how many CPUs did you allocate to your Win7 Fusion >>>>> setup? At a minimum I would do 1GB RAM and 2CPU but more will go >>>>> faster. >>>>> I haven't used Fusion 7 but under previous version when you insert a >>>>> USB >>>>> device Fusion would ask if you want it connected to the Mac or Windows >>>>> side. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 10/9/14, 11:58 AM, jeff `greene wrote: >>>>>> Hi, Well, yesterday I installed windows 7 under fusion 7. Last time i >>>>>> used fusion it was version 3. I finally got it done but there are >>>>>> some >>>>>> problems. Windows 7 seems kinda slow, also when i plug a flash drive >>>>>> into my mac when windows is running i get an error message and sound >>>>>> on the virtual machine breaks up. So, I'm thinking about installing >>>>>> win7 under bootcamp instead. How hard is it to do without sighted >>>>>> assistance? Do you think it would be worth it to have the geek squad >>>>>> do it? >>>>>> Thanks, Jeff >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ¯\_(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. >>>>> >>> -- >>> ¯\_(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. >>> > > -- > ¯\_(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.
