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I was scoping out components for a PC build (my i7 6400K is below the bar of Starfield's requirements), and looking at new GPUs I had the same thought... we should bump it to 16GB as the max soonish. I don't know how much meaningful performance difference it would make with like-for-like benchmarks, but it does indeed seem like the reasonable next step.

This may have been posted elsewhere but I can't find it for the life of me. First, Fusion Tech Preview is magnificent on my M2 MacBook Air, performance and accelerated graphics work great! I can't find any regressions from the non-preview version, all wins for me. Not necessarily specific to the tech preview but it would be nice to increase the amount of shared graphics memory available to a VM as some games (particularly Elite Dangerous for me) won't get past texture generation with a maximum of 8GB. It's possible to raise the shared graphics memory with an edit to the .vmx file, but the graphics driver within Windows continues to report a maximum of 8192GB shared memory. Sad face.  In particular on M1/M2 machines where memory overcommit is a fairly reasonable thing to do, a 16GB option with driver support would be amaaaaazing.

Paul (Technogeezer), thank you for your time and support In February 2023, I didn't know about UUP Dump (which is a pity) and I signed up for the Microsoft Insiders program, downloading the shared version of Win 11. Initially, it was a simplified version (not DEV) - I don't remember the name. Then the downloaded version required conversion to the WMVare format (vmfs, while the downloaded version was probably vmdk or something - under Hyper-V anyway). After installation, it turned out that some functions did not work, e.g. Microsoft defender, RDP and others. So I downloaded it again - this time in the DEV version and these functions worked. Unfortunately, I could only download it in the ENG language version (MS did not provide any others) and I cannot change it now (unless a clean installation). Now why canary: I launched the environment in the DEV version on February 24, 2023 and noticed that until the beginning of April I did not received even a single Windows update (while on PCs there were 2 updates on the way). So I changed the ver preview Dev Channel to Canary - elevenforum.com/t/change-windows-insider-program-channel-in-windows-11.795/ Since then, there have been updates every now and then.... In addition, Outlook does not work at all time Windows Search function: I've tried everything. Interestingly, Outlook -> options -> search: Outlook is in the list of system options, as is Onenote. If I close this window and open it again but through Windows Settings -> Pivacy -> searching... Outlook is not on the list, same as Onenote, rebuilding the index, advanced options and everything else, including office repair, does not help (I spent hours and read on forms of everything that was). I tried everything woshub.com/fix-outlook-2016-search-not-working/. It makes my work very difficult because the only workaround was turning off Windows search through the registry https://winaero.com/a-search-bug-prevents -windows-11-from-indexing-outlook-mail/ but now the search in Oultook takes forever.... I don't know if it's related to the fact that I have the initially downloaded language version of Windows 11 in the ENG version, and I switched to Polish in the settings (because that's the language I use). I hoped that the new versions of Canary would help, because each new version requires a new installation of Windows (windows_old directory is created). But nothing helps. Now when I try to download the ISO from UUP Dump, I can "replace" Windows but only if I lose data, which I do not want to do (re-installation and configuration of all programs takes about 1 day and 1 night). Perhaps the only solution is to download a clean installation immediately in the POL (not ENG) version from UUP Dump and install everything again. As for the BSOD, I changed VMware to Tech previwe, hoping that the BSOD would go away when switching from MS RDP to MacOS. Anyway, thank you for your suggestions, I really like virtual machines, I think it's the future, but I'm just learning this environment. For example, the installation of Win required a bypass via oobe\bypassnro and M Roy showed on YouTube that you can first install VMWare tools (then the Internet is available during Windows installation).

@ColoradoMarmot wrote: And let me add, that the VHDX conversion is not recommended - it's an insider build, which both expires and may be unstable.   Although I’ve found that the insider beta channel VHDX build may be a bit more amenable to updating than the dev and canary channel builds. I’ve installed the published beta channel VDHX file. It seems to update to the latest 23H2 beta channel builds via Windows Update and they seem to keep updating. It also seems to be fairly stable   I wouldn’t recommend a beta channel build to most users, but for those willing to use it for what Microsoft intends (not production/day-to-day work, but testing out software and providing feedback on new features) it might be worth a shot. 

Not surprising. I guess you'll have to wait for the official release of Fusion to see if the work they're doing to fix known issues in the video driver will address what you're seeing. I would be surprised if VMware issues an update to the 2023 Tech Preview before the official version gets released - although I really, really wish that they would so. One would think that it would be in their best interests to get more eyes on it to catch any last-minute problems or things that they didn't get with the work that they're doing. But, hey, what do I know.... . 

Thanks, As I don't have an extra Windows license I can use to test in a separate VM, what I finally did was take a snapshot and use the "Reset PC" feature to reinstall Windows in place, then reinstalled the VMWare tools then a few things to test out. Sadly, still not working.  Similar types of symptoms.

There is no “fix” other than following the right instructions. If you used instructions that told you to use a guest OS type of “Other 64-bit ARM” for Windows 11 ARM, then you used obsolete and incorrect instructions. Any instructions (either official or unofficial) available in this forum for Fusion releases from the 22H2 Tech preview (which, by the way is obsolete and should no longer be used) onward say to use Windows 11 64-bit ARM as the OS type. 

Finally found the fix for this!  Create a custom virtual machine Select windows 11 64-bit Arm instead of Other 64-bit Arm as the instruction says I selected UEFI (not sure if this has any effect on the outcome) I selected Only the files needed to support a TPM are encrypted  Use an existing virtual disk Chose the vmdk file created from the VHDX file After that everything works perfectly!! 

Indeed, Arm native Windows apps are exceedingly rare. I was hoping that the Web Browser -> WebAssembly -> WebGPU stack would provide a mechanism to exercise the virtual GPU at native Arm speeds, both on the host and in the virtual machine, but kept hitting dead ends. On the one hand, per https://developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-webgpu-115/#experimental-support-for-direct3d-11 Chrome's WebGPU implementation supports D3D11, therefore should run on Fusion. On the other hand, Chrome doesn't provide Windows Arm binaries yet!  Edge/Firefox do, but WebGPU support on Arm and Direct3D 11 is unclear.  I also haven't found meaningful WebGPU benchmarks. Maybe one day...    

It'd be interesting to see what a non-emulated workload looks like, but good luck finding a DX11 native arm... anything. I've taken to using benchmarks within games where available. Here's a big 'ol chart of games with built-in benchmarks I plucked from the web (not linking to the page as it's just so much ad spam)   Game Year Company of Heroes 3 2023 Returnal 2023 Total War: Warhammer 3 2022 F1 22 2022 Cyberpunk 2077 2022 Rainbow Six Extraction 2022 Guardians of the Galaxy 2021 Forza Horizon 5 2021 F1 2021 2021 Hitman 3 2021 Far Cry 6 2021 Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker 2021 Assassin’s Creed Valhalla 2020 Crysis Remastered 2020 Immortals Fenyx Rising 2020 Crash Bandicoot 4 2020 Dirt 5 2020 Godfall 2020 Mafia 2 Definitive Edition 2020 Watch Dogs Legion 2020 Horizon Zero Dawn 2020 Total War Saga: Troy 2020 F1 2020 2020 Gears Tactics 2020 Quake 2 RTX (demo) 2019 Age of Empires II Definitive Edition 2019 Anno 1800 2019 Chernobylite 2019 Wolfenstein: Youngblood 2019 Star Control Origins 2019 Red Dead Redemption 2 2019 Ghost Recon Breakpoint 2019 Borderlands 3 2019 Gears of War 5 2019 Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers 2019 F1 2019 2019 Total War: Three Kingdoms 2019 World War Z 2019 The Division 2 2019 Metro Exodus 2019 Far Cry: New Dawn 2019 Civilization VI: Gathering Storm 2019 Mortal Kombat 11 2019 Assassin’s Creed Odyssey 2018 Hitman 2 2018 F1 2018 2018 Forza Horizon 4 2018 Strange Brigade 2018 Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2018 Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia 2018 Far Cry 5 2018 World of Tanks enCore 2018 Final Fantasy XV 2018 Tropical Escape 2018 Middle-Earth: Shadow of War 2017 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018 2017 Assassin’s Creed: Origins 2017 Forza Motorsport 7 2017 F1 2017 2017 Total War: Warhammer 2 2017 Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 3 2017 Ghost Recon Wildlands 2017 For Honor 2017 Injustice 2 2017 Sniper Elite 4 2017 Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 2016 Ashes of the Singularity 2016 Street Fighter V 2016 Civilization VI 2016 Hitman 2016 The Division 2016 Gears of War 4 2016 Total War: Warhammer 2016 Far Cry: Primal 2016 Steep 2016 Gears of War Ultimate Edition 2015 Dirt: Rally 2015 Batman: Arkham Knight 2015 Rise of the Tomb Raider 2015 Total War: Attila 2015 Rainbow Six: Siege 2015 Mortal Kombat X 2015 Ultra Street Fighter 4 2014 Thief 2014 The Talos Principle 2014 Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor 2014 Alien Isolation 2014 GRID: Autosport 2014 Assetto Corsa 2014 Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor 2014 Sniper Elite 3 2014 GRID 2 2013 Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn 2013 Tomb Raider 2013 War Thunder 2013 Resident Evil 6 2013 Company of Heroes 2 2013 Metro: Last Light 2013 Bioshock Infinite 2013 Total War: Rome II 2013 Grand Theft Auto V 2013 Killer Instinct 2013 Batman: Arkham Origins 2013 Trackmania 2 Valley 2013 Borderlands 2 2012 NBA 2K13 2012 Sniper Elite V2 2012 Sleeping Dogs 2012 Dirt Showdown 2012 Street Fighter X Tekken 2012 Hitman Absolution 2012 Xonotic 2011 Total War: Shogun 2 2011 Hard Reset 2011 Batman: Arkham City 2011 Dirt 3 2011 Metro 2033 2010 Just Cause 2 2010 Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. 2 2010 Lost Planet 2 2010 Aliens vs Predator 2010 Mafia II 2009 The Last Remnant 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum 2009 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 2009 Arma 2 2009 Resident Evil 5 2009 Grand Theft Auto IV 2008 Far Cry 2 2008 Street Fighter IV 2008 Devil May Cry 4 2008 Crysis 2007 Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 2007 World in Conflict 2007 Company of Heroes 2006 Quake IV 2005 F.E.A.R 2005 Doom 3 2004 Unreal Tournament 2004 2004 Unreal Tournament 2003 2003 Counter-Strike: Source 2004 Serious Sam: The First Encounter 2001 Return to Castle Wolfenstein 2001 Quake III Arena 1999

Just FYI - the article you linked to discusses installing macOS on VMware Workstation running on non-Apple hardware. That discussion is off limits in this forum. Apple does not license macOS to be installed on non-Apple hardware, and VMware could be in serious legal trouble if Apple thinks it’s encouraging it. Also, the article discusses hacking VMware Workstation - that’s a violation of VMwares licensing agreements, and also off limits. I think you’ll find people have been able to run Ventura as a VM - on Intel Macs only. They would have to build an ISO from the .dmg downloaded from Apple similar to what was done in the article. macOS virtual machine support for Fusion is on life support. As of this point in time, VMware doesn’t officially list any macOS version for use on Fusion 13 on Intel Macs. They deprecated macOS support across both Fusion and ESXi and have a KB article that says there will be no support for future macOS versions. Older macOS versions will continue to work.  if newer macOS versions don’t work, the issues won’t be fixed   And as of today, Fusion can’t virtualize any version of macOS on Apple Silicon Macs. 

May I ask ? Do you like to install VMWare Tech Preview on Sonoma or Sonoma as a VM Machine ?   I am using VMWare Fusion Tech Preview on Sonoma (latest beta). Haven't had any issue installing it. Sonoma as VM machine ... did you try <snip ? Best regards  Fisch     Link removed by Moderator

So you're running Windows 11 ARM Insider Canary build on an Apple Silicon Mac. If it worked before July, and you installed Windows updates when running on Fusion 13 and it had issues there, it more likely it's : An issue with the Canary builds,  An issue with one of the VMware drivers or both (interaction of something Microsoft changed that impacts a VMware driver)  rather than an issue with Sonoma.  Question: where did you get the installation media for the Canary build? Did you get it from uupdump.net, and if so, on what platform did you build it? Hopefully you built the media on Windows and not macOS as  You have way too many moving parts here, and it's not clear that while you upgraded Fusion, you did not say whether you built new VMs, attempted to run the old one, or have performed upgrade installations of Windows in a VM along the way. I'd simplify things here to reproduce. First, I'd build a new VM with a released Windows 11 ARM build and see if you can reproduce. Obtain a Windows 11 ARM 22H2 ISO with CrystalFetch (free from the Mac App Store) from Microsoft's ESD distribution, and use that for a brand new VM installation. Then install the VMware Tools present in the Tech Preview per either VMware's Tech Preview Testing Guide or the Unofficial 2023 Tech Preview Companion Guide (found in this forum).   If you can't reproduce with that, then build a brand new VM with a Canary channel build from uupdump.net (but build it on a Windows system, not macOS). Once installed, then install VMware Tools from the Tech Preview. The issue with trying to get VMware to look at a canary build is that they'll be much more interested in things that are impacting software that Microsoft actually distributes to its users and that the vast majority of users will see when they finally move to the next released Fusion version.  There are some issues that VMware knows about with their drivers in the Tech Preview. Those won't likely be fixed until the official release. May I ask why you're running a canary build? That's bleeding edge.