Hi Sean, This is really useful information. I have not set up VMware Fusion on our new iMac yet, as I still use a PC as I must operate outside of a virtual window for some contract work I am doing. I will definitely save your message for future reference when I set this up, and if I have questions, I'd like to contact you off-list. Thanks again for posting a really helpful message.
Les On Jun 5, 2012, at 5:17 AM, Sean Murphy wrote: > Hello to all. > > I wish to clear up some possible misunderstandings that people have with the > virtualisation route. > > Depending on available resources on your Mac will determine how to configure > the VMWare. If you have a Mac with 8gb of physical memory. VMWare states only > to use a maximum of 50% of the physical memory for the guess OS. This is more > then enough memory for a 64 bit OS which would be 4gb for the guess. If you > are planning to use a 32 bit OS, then I wouldn't allocate more then 3 gb of > physical memory for a 8 gb PC. If you have 4gb physical RAM, then I would use > the rule of thumb of no more then 50% and allocate accordingly. > > In relation to the virtual hard drive that you set up for the guess OS. This > is really up to you how much you allocate. The rule of thumb I use is around > 40 to 50 gb. I generally find this is more then enough. I also configure the > VMWare to share the documents, desktop, music, etc between Windows and the > Mac. Again, I am reducing the amount of disk spaced used by the Guess windows > OS by doing this. So the virtual disk is allocated for programs and those > files needed by the app. The other tip is that I set up my Mac user directory > as a VMWare shared drive under windows. So it is really easy to copy between > both environments. Also you can launch your window app from within the Mac > environment. For example, I can open the word document within windows by > opening it from the Mac. This is the true power and flexibility of having > windows in a virtual environment. > > If you are having performance issues. It is a good starting point to find out > how much memory is being shared between the Mac and guess OS. How many cores > are being used. I find a max of 50% of the cores available is a good > guideline. EG: a duel core I would only allocate one. On my Mac Book Pro, I > have 4 cores, so I allocate 2. When allocating the virtual disks, I have read > somewhere that the 2gb files allocation reduces performance. When you do > allocate virtual disks, they will grow as you use it to the maximum allocated. > > In relation to authorisation of Jaws. This is a known problem with virtual > environments. It is one of those bugs that sit with the company who FS uses > to set up the authentication and VMWare. It isn't a FS issues per say, rather > it is their vendors problem who they use for the authentication. The pro's > and cons of having FS authentication is not a discussion for this list. > > I haven't had any problems with the authentication of Jaws. I even back up > the whole virtual directory on a periodic bases. So if the virtual guess > breaks, I can replace it with a known working version. > > The other issues you have to be aware of is keyboard conflicts with Windows > and the Mac. Voice Over is very aggressive and doesn't like anyone else using > the Capslock key, control option together and any arrow key with the function > key. . The Mac does not have any Insert key. So under windows, you have to > remap a Mac keyboard key to an insert. This is done by an program called > sharp keys. Another thing I am currently playing with is remapping the Mac > keys. I am planning to remap the right option key to a right control key. > Under windows, I am going to remap the right control key to a insert or caps > lock. This will give me more flexibility with using Jaws commands. This is a > real pain and Apple needs to address the keyboard conflict issue. Since if > you use VMWare under windows. Once the control is passed to the guess OS. > Windows doesn't interfere with the keys at all. > > One final point, if you turn off Voice Over, the cap lock issue doesn't occur. > > > Sean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
