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konradicalness
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Contributor

recommended settings for xp use on imac

Hey,

i recently started using vmware fusion

I was just wondering if anyone has similar specs to me.

Imac

8GB Ram

i7 CPU

could anyone give me recommendations as to what i should use in terms of memory allocation when running xp on vmware fusion

Also I am able to specify the amount of cores to allocate.

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CaptainLeonidas
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Enthusiast

Ask this question in the Fusion section.

I am sure you will find answers there from fusion users.

Intel Smackover x58-chipset

Intel i7 965

6GB DDR3

Radeon HD4870 1GB VRAM

Vista Bus. x64/Windows 7 Ulti x64

VMware Workstation 7.x User VMware ESXi 3.5.x/4.x Admin
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continuum
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Immortal

XP usually runs fastest with 512 MB - 1024 MB and a single vCPU.

Don't assign more RAM unless your apps inside the XP really need more




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RDPetruska
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Thread moved to Fusion forum.

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