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Chase817

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Before I go and buy VMWare Fusion, I'd like to know a few things.

1st of all, will it work with a Windows Vista partition already on my system? Or will I have to re-install windows to it?

2nd, will it run with low-lag on a MacBook 2,1 with a 320 GB 5400rpm disk and 3 GB ram? (there is 4 GB installed, it just doesn't use 1GB)

Thanks
 
(1) It will absolutely run with your current Vista partition in Boot Camp. You won't need to install Windows again. This was the primary reason I went with Fusion.

(2) Sounds like a pretty robust machine, I can't imagine you having any trouble there. My install is on an iMac, so it's not quite the same comparison, but mine runs smooth as silk.
 
I run both Windows and linux under VMware, it is not really for gaming or anything but it runs nice. I believe (I'm not sure) there's a demo you can try out.
 
Another vote here for VMWare Fusion, running on a Core 2 Duo/1.83GHz Mac mini with 2.5GB RAM. I use it to test websites with IE6 and IE7 on XP.

P.S.: I really hate IE6. 😛
 
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