Process / Memory Vmware Fusion 10 on MacBook Pro 2016

[rwr9012]

Hi,

I am trying to run software (windows only) using Fusion 10 that requires 4 GB of RAM but when I allocate 2 processors and 4 GB of RAM to the virtual machine the software does not run properly. The software is using video files/ Unfortunately this newer version of the MacBook Pro (2016) won't allow me to upgrade the RAM.

Hardware:

processor: 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5

memory: 8 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3

graphics:

Intel Iris Graphics 550 1536 MB

Hoping someone has recommendations before I need to purchase a separate laptop with 16 GB of RAM or more just to use the full functionality of this software, thanks!

[JimOQuinn]

Run activity monitor on your Mac, specifically the memory tab, and see if you can allocate more memory to vmware/Win10. 

Depending on what you're running on both OSX and Win10, it may be impossible.  But, you didn't provide any information so we really can't help.

[ColoradoMarmot]

So a couple of things.  I believe that's a 2 core CPU, so you shouldn't allocate more than 1 CPU to the virtual machine.  Second, it has integrated graphics, which may or may not be sufficient for a video/graphics program.