Shouldn't ever set a guest OS to use two processor cores when you only have two processor cores available on the host.
Memory is very important. Windows 7 doesn't need nearly as much as Vista did. You can make it go with 1GB of RAM. That is the minimum, though. You really need 1.5 or 2GB of RAM to make it work well. And you can't give it 2GB of RAM and suck up all of the host memory. If you set the VM to use 2GB, for example, and that is 60% of your host RAM or better, than you need more memory on the host. Win7 will run like that, but it will take forever for the Win7 machine to suspend or resume. 4GB on your Mac is the minimum to do anything well with Win7 in a VM. If you don't have 4GB, then you probably should be running XP. If you have 8GB on your Mac, you can give 3GB to Win7, and it will scream. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of May McDonald Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 4:12 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: need help: windows 7 very sluggish in fusion 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. -- 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.
