Nick is correct, but if you have 8gb or more of ram you should be fine. Also, the Mac will only have less power while the VM is running; once you get used to the Mac and don't use Windows as much, you can close the vm while not in use and free up those resources. On Jun 17, 2013, at 2:52 AM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, the new iMacs do not, I repeat, do not, come with CD drives. Of course > you can buy an external disc drive that will connect via USB. Apple sells > them for around $80 but you can probably get them cheaper elsewhere. > > Also, just one note, while VM Fusion does have a lot of advantages over a > duel boot system, the downside is, as I understand it, that you then have > less power running that operating system. The quad core processors of the > iMac should be able to handle this fairly well, but it might be another > reason for upgrading the RAM. Particularly if you use any memory intensive > applications. Otherwise, your computer is essentially running two operating > systems at once and that, I'm guessing, is quite resource intensive. That > said though, you might decide this is worth it for the simplicity of using > the virtual machine (i.e. VM Fusion). > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) mehg...@gmail.com -- 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/groups/opt_out.
