Hmm, then I will see about getting more ram as well since I'm having the same problem since the latest upgrade. Windows 7 worked fine until I upgraded fusion.
May On 2010-02-24, at 12:28 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: > Hi. > I had the same experience with xp and fusion. I added more ram to my m b so > it now have 4 gb and both fusion and all other tasks on the mac runs like a > charm. Fast and very responsive. > So my recomendation is to add more ram ta your machine. > I haven't tried w7 due to I can't get the thing to install at all, so I > through it on the shelf again and using xp the few times I need windows. > Regards Tony > > 24 feb 2010 kl. 08.56 skrev John J Herzog: > >> Hi listers, >> I'm having problems running windows 7 under vmware fusion 3.0.1, the latest >> version. Specifically, when it's running, windows 7 slows my mac down >> considerably. My mac is a 2.4 GHZ core2 duo from 2008 with 2 gigs of ram. >> Even with a gig of ram allocated to each system, the performance on both the >> mac and windows is very slow. Alex starts breaking up, and it takes much >> longer to load applications or even web sites. Also, I have noticed that my >> fan kicks on a lot more often, even when doing something simple in windows >> like working with a word document or opening an excel file. >> What can I do to speed up windows 7, which seems quite bloated to me? I've >> already disabled nonsense like system restore, arrow effects, 3d graphics >> optimization in fusion, and file indexing. Note, even when I allow the >> machine to use 2 processor cores, it seems rather sluggish. >> Any suggestions? Or given my machine's configuration, should I just stick >> with XP, which is only a temporary solution, as it will be obsolete in a >> year or two? >> >> Thanks, >> >> John >> >> -- >> 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.
