The big issues… less is more with virtual cpus, 1GB ram should be more than enough no matter how weird that sounds, slim down as much automatic windows crap as you can.

I feel sorry for all those developers out there without the sense to check out the Mac platform with open eyes.

Glad you got it working — yes the attitude of those that haven’t found the joy of Mac can be rather negative at times. I think last week at a presentation I heard, “I didn’t think they allowed Macs at these events.” I just chuckled.

One thing I can’t do is get any sound from the WinServer. Do you have any particular drivers you use on the Windows side? I know it isn’t VMWare because I have an XP VM and that works fine.

BTW, the looks I get from other consultants and business people in my field are hilarious! I usually hear – “oh, you’re a Mac guy” with the inevitable roll of the eyes.

Recently I’ve started to adventure in the world of virtual machines on my iMac 24′. But there are two things that I would like to ask:

When you’re creating a VM, during the setup, do you choose allocate all disk space or do you leave that option unchecked?
Secondly, I’ve already choosed the “split in 2gb files” option, but seems not to work.

Could you give me a hand? Thanks!
By the way, nice blog!

I also regard antivirus software as a waste of system resources, but one tool that I find very useful in this setup is Little Snitch. As long as your VM is using NAT for network access, Little Snitch will let you approve or deny outgoing connections from your VM on a per-destination basis.

Thanks again!

And this is with usually a couple of Safari windows, a Skype VOIP call going, and sometimes a Yugma screen sharing session going as well. It just cruises along without really noticing anything like a slowdown.