Comments on: Virtual Machine Speed Tips

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:04:52 +0000

Sorry, bit confused – where do you get “Virtual Tools” from? Is it only compatible with VMWare or can it be used with Microsoft Virtual PC?

By: DavinTerrizzi

DavinTerrizzi — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:12:30 +0000

If you’re gonna do really hardware-intensive video editing, I highly recommend using Boot Camp and running Windows natively so that you can get the most out of your hardware./

By: deanbrothersfilms

deanbrothersfilms — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:40:28 +0000

im getting a new imac and want to use the kind of software so i can run windows vista or xp.
i will be using film editing software (sony Vegas pro)in windows and want to use most of the power of the mac when do this so i can render stuff fast. Is this possible and if so which one of these software would you recommend.

Thanks

By: themacintoshguru

themacintoshguru — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:04:48 +0000

Yes, although it can only be Mac OS X Server, so far, only available w/ Parallels.

By: jacobkwitkoski

jacobkwitkoski — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:48:16 +0000

could I install a virtual machine of OSX inside VMware fusion for the purpose of software testing?

By: Floker2004

Floker2004 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:54:16 +0000

qemu is something entirely different

By: Demoras

Demoras — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:09:21 +0000

Yeah. I’d get one if I was living in the USA. The base price for a Mac Mini over there is $599 (or €403). Over there it’s €599. or $890. *gulp* And I wanted to get upgrades T_T

In fact, just change the symbol for any Mac price and you get the price what we have to pay.

But yeah. Compared to the other Macs, they’re cheap.

By: Demoras

Demoras — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:04:23 +0000

[part 2/2]

Thus, Windows XP won’t show up in the Software panel, because you didn’t install XP on your computer in the first place, you installed in on the virtual machine.

If you want to get rid of your virtual Windows XP, you simply delete the virtual machine and the virtual hard disk file.

I hope that helps!

By: Demoras

Demoras — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:04:02 +0000

[part 1/2]

It doesn’t work like that.

With VMWare, you basically make a separate virtual computer with a virtual hard disk file. Everything will be installed in the hard disk file, your real system will not be affected.

So, if you install XP on a virtual machine, your real operating system is not affected. XP sits within the virtual hard disk and VMWare mounts this hard disk, so you can use it as a virtual computer.

By: kaiomatico

kaiomatico — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:31:23 +0000

qemu is better^^

By: AdamBailey9

AdamBailey9 — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:20:55 +0000

Chris’s videos sound dont work properly if you go from one of his vids to another. To fix it just change the volume.

By: cesar9020

cesar9020 — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:29:11 +0000

the vid?

By: ZimPirate

ZimPirate — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:41:08 +0000

no sound.

By: Icy

Icy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:19:56 +0000

Grabbed Virtual PC 2007 several hours ago. For some reason it isn’t recognizing my WinXP Pro product key… says it’s invalid. I was able to run Knoppix from an old disc I had laying around. I also tried Xubuntu, but it stretched it out to be twice the height of the window, so I couldn’t use that.

I’ll tell you, any virtual machine program will be painfully slow when you’re running your host as XP with 384 MB of RAM.

By: Menekali

Menekali — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:51:38 +0000

Awesome tips! I really liked the virtual tools, I’ve never used it before. I was having some issues getting Fedora 8 to work properly on my Microsoft VM, and it had something to do with the color limitations. Got it working though. Thanks for the awesome tips!

Do you personally find the alternative Hard Drive tip to really be beneficial? I’ve got mine on the same hard drive right now, seems to be working fine! hehe