Yes, 4gb of ram is more than enough unless you are doing very high end Video editing or high end audio editing or playing high end games.
Sign, JP ( Joe Plummer) joeplum...@tds.net -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of peter apgar Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:13 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: vmware and key combinations is 4 GHZ of ram enough to run both systems efficiently? Thanks in advance, Pete On Dec 17, 2009, at 2:41 PM, Søren Jensen wrote: > Hi Paul. > > When you are in a virtual machine in Fusion, the option key is your alt key, and the command key is your windows key. So therefore, you just have to press option tab to make a alt tab in your virtual windows, and command tab to switch over to your Mac applications. Awesome, isn't it? > > Regarding the applications key, you can use a little freeware program called Sharp keys to remap a key to the applications key, and you can also remap a insert key. I have remapped my right option key to the insert key, and my right command key to the applications key. > > I highly recommend you to switch to full screen when running a virtual machine. You can do that by pressing control command return or you can choose it from the toolbar. Voiceover doesn't need to be turned off when running a virtual machine. I have used both Fusion and other applications on my mac at the same time. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > s...@coolfortheblind.dk > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > Den Dec 17, 2009 kl. 7:43 PM skrev Paul Erkens: > >> Hi all, >> >> I installed vm ware a few days ago, but I am not happy with it. The keys I >> press don't do what they normally do in windows, and obviously there are >> good reasons for it. I checked the vm ware website, but there is only a half >> accessible pdf file, that doesn't contain the info I need. >> >> I alt plus tab a lot in windows. However, the command tab combination from >> within windows in vm ware, takes me to the mac os, and back, rather than >> switching from program to program inside vm's virtual machine. What can I do >> to set command plus tab to do an alt plus tab inside vm ware? >> >> 2. How do I simulate the application key? The mac has none. >> >> 3. How should I simulate a shift plus f10? Simply presing this combination >> stops windows from responding, inside vm ware. Do we press another key to >> simulate a shift f10? >> >> 4. It seems that voice over must be turned off, before starting windows in >> vm ware. This is said to be true starting in vm ware fusion version 3. At >> what point should I do this? >> >> 5. Is it easiest to run windows inside vm ware in a normal window, or rather >> full screen? >> >> Interested to know. >> Best, >> Paul. >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
