VM Fusion / parallels / bootcamp - MBPr

[Izi]

Hi Guys,

Can you let me know what the best option is for Windows under Mac. I need to use visual studio, so far I have managed to get VM fusion working well with Windows 8.

However, I know there are other options, such as bootcamp (essentially dual boot) but VM fusion can run bootcamp within Mac OSX is that right? Is the advantage of doing it this way that you can fully boot in to windows, but if you dont want to you can simply boot from OSX?

 

[Izi]

I've created a bootcamp partition with Win7. Which is then VM'd under OSX by using VMWare Fusion. Best of both worlds.

this is what I was thinking of doing.

Can you share files from OS X partition in windows 7 and vice versa? save me setting up dropbox twice.

 

[Izi]

Yep, what I do!

This is what I have done now. Unity is quite a nice feature - minimise Windows programs in OSX.

My MBPr has 16GB ram, each OS using 4 cores/8gb ram, runs absolutely fine.