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VMware Beta 2 - Insanely Slow Performance!
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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I have VMware Beta 2 installed on my MacPro (2x3GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon 16GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM) with a brand new installation of Windows XP Pro SP2 installed, and I have yet to install a single application in my VM, but the performance of the virtual machine is so incredibly slow and sluggish that I almost can't bare using it anymore!
When I say slow, I mean for example the mouse sometimes stutters when simply moving it across my screen, and clicking on a button like 'OK' or 'Save' pauses for a good 1-2 seconds before actually doing whatever it's supposed to...
I currently have VMware configured to use 2 Processors and 2048MB of RAM. My primary Mac hard drive that I am running the virtual machine from has over 100GB of free space...
What are some of the possible causes of such a tremendous performance slow-down such as the one I am experiencing, and how can I go about resolving the issue?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Did you install the VMWare Additions?
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Join Date: Nov 2005
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Originally Posted by alex_kac 
Did you install the VMWare Additions?
Seconded. I used VMWare B2 since it was released with a Vista (!) VM, 1.5GB of memory, and only a single core, and I found performance to be perfectly acceptable. Granted, it was on an 8-core Mac Pro, but still.
To check, look at your Windows system tray (the rightmost part of the taskbar) for the VMWare Tools icon. Note: if you're upgrading from an older version, you'll also need to upgrade the tools.
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Originally Posted by m021478
When I say slow, I mean for example the mouse sometimes stutters when simply moving it across my screen, and clicking on a button like 'OK' or 'Save' pauses for a good 1-2 seconds before actually doing whatever it's supposed to...
While installing VMware Tools is a good idea, even without them you shouldn't be seeing such bad performance. We're currently trying to track down a bug where disk performance is very bad for no obvious reason - in the statusbar, is the hard disk always glowing blue? If so, it could be the same issue; if not, it's likely different.
Something else you could try as an experiment is using a single vCPU instead of two.
(Last edited by etung; Aug 18, 2008 at 12:16 PM.
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When you ask, "Did you install the VMWare Additions? ", are you referring to VM Tools? If so, I do have them installed and updated...
Would it make any difference If I have parallels desktop installed as well? Granted, they both aren't running at the same time, but it is still installed. Are there any known conflicts with any Mac apps/third-party preference panes/etc...?
Any other thoughts?
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