Windows 7 – beta on Vmware Fusion as a guest OS

Posted by admin on July 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

Runs beautifully as a guest OS.

Let us take a step back for a second. What is Windows 7? Think of it as Windows XP (NOT Vista) being cleanedup, patchedup, stabilized, new (long over due) features added with a modest cosmetic change. Yes, it is heavy on hardware resources like any modern day OS that is keen to make a visual impact so do not hold the higher hardware requirements against Windows 7 or its creator.

Setup/installation and running it within Vmware Fusion on a Mac 15″ unibody went smooth. This article from the Vmware blog is a good start.  I opted to run the 64 bit version of Win 7 and so far, am a happy camper :) .

SIDEBAR – my MacBook Pro is 4gb, 2.8 Core Duo w 500 mb and I run only one guest at a time.  At some point, I will upgrade my MacBook to 8gb and 1Tb so as to run more than one guest simultaneously.

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