Vmware Fusion - Impressed!

PaulKemp · 04:13 AM

Hello,

Call me a noob, but I was not aware that you could:

take an exisition Boot Camp partion with Windows "X"
Boot that OS up in VMWare Fusion
Make changes, install updates, general maintenance
Then boot into Boot Camp again - and have your settings saved to the BC disk and OS!

This opens up a new world for me. For work, and for gaming. It's really awesome! I have a load of RAM, so I can have Win 7 on 2nd screen without any considerations. It's so awesome! I thought that you could convert a BC partition to a VM, but then not use it again as a BC. For gaming, this is exactly what you want. You want to update windows and the games in from Fusion in OS X - then, when you are ready to game. You boot into Win and fire away.

Awyway, I was having some screen tearing with Braid that I imagine was running in native low resolution. Can i somehow send the full power of the GPU to the VM?

Dec 8, 2012, 06:47 PM	#1
PaulKemp macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norway	Vmware Fusion - Impressed! Hello, Call me a noob, but I was not aware that you could: take an exisition Boot Camp partion with Windows "X" Boot that OS up in VMWare Fusion Make changes, install updates, general maintenance Then boot into Boot Camp again - and have your settings saved to the BC disk and OS! This opens up a new world for me. For work, and for gaming. It's really awesome! I have a load of RAM, so I can have Win 7 on 2nd screen without any considerations. It's so awesome! I thought that you could convert a BC partition to a VM, but then not use it again as a BC. For gaming, this is exactly what you want. You want to update windows and the games in from Fusion in OS X - then, when you are ready to game. You boot into Win and fire away. Awyway, I was having some screen tearing with Braid that I imagine was running in native low resolution. Can i somehow send the full power of the GPU to the VM? __________________ iMac i7 3.4 GHz, 24 GB Ram, 256 SSD \| MBA 2011 i5 1.7 GHz, 4 GB Ram \| Mini i7 2.0 GHz, 4 GB Ram, RAID 0 \| iPad 2 16 GB \| iPhone 5 16 GB \| ATV 3 Remember to quote orignal post. Last edited by PaulKemp; Dec 9, 2012 at 04:13 AM.
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