Suspend or Shut Off Windows ??

[fab5freddy]

When i close down my VMware fusion, it asks me whether to
shut down or suspend my Windows OS.

What is best to do, Suspend or Shut Down ?

thanks!

[spinnerlys]

Suspend is like sleeping, so it will be alright using that.

[fab5freddy]

but i guess sleeping uses some memory and other stuff,
that i could use for Mac Partition......?

[u49aa2]

but i guess sleeping uses some memory and other stuff,
that i could use for Mac Partition......?

I would just shut it down if you are not planning to go back to windows soon

[spinnerlys]

but i guess sleeping uses some memory and other stuff,
that i could use for Mac Partition......?

No it won't use any memory (RAM), if you suspend Windows using VMWare Fusion, as you close Fusion. It just writes the suspend state to the file Fusion uses for storing the Windows OS.

Suspending lets you continue in Windows where you left it.

If you are worried about speed during starting Windows, you could time both methods (suspend and shut off, which means you have to boot Windows again, if you want to access it) and see which is faster.

I always use suspend, and experience no memory lag after I close Fusion.

[fab5freddy]

thanks for the advice!