To create that fast and responsive Windows 10 VM, the following tweaks have been done:
So must be something being used by the VMware SVGA driver that is included in that specific runtime. After tweaking the VM, my MacBook and Windows 10 I could enable 3D support again and go to hardware version 12 but looks like this was resolved due to installing DirectX9.0c runtime. The VMware SVGA driver with 3D support does some strange things and slows down refreshes of the screen if you enable it from the beginning during install. Closing down the VM takes about 26 seconds. The Windows 10 VM now starts in 20 seconds, where login will take approximately 10 seconds and Microsoft Visio can start and be used after 12 seconds.
So I am now running a Windows 10 Pro VM on VMware Fusion Pro 8.5.x that is fast and responsive. Results were still the same slow Windows 10 VM on VMware Fusion 8.xĪfter tweaking around and testing several possibilities I found a solution that works great. I fired up a fresh VM and installed Windows 10 Pro from scratch. Performance was a bit better but still not workable. Next step was to upgrade VMware Fusion to version 8.5.x and restore the Windows 7 VM to test it again. While being logged in any screen updates only caused a spinning wheel and a non-responsive Mac. I ended up with Microsoft Windows 10 Pro VM with VMware Fusion 8.1.1 which took over 15+ minutes to only login. Boy, was I wrong! The upgrade went through without any problems, but the VM was useless after rebooting. I thought, maybe Windows 7 is not a good fit for it, and an upgrade was already in the planning so I decided to upgrade my VM to Microsoft Windows 10. Upgrading to Windows 10 Pro on VMware Fusion Pro 8.x I never experienced any major problems before, but after upgrading to VMware Fusion 8 my Windows 7 VM was suddenly painfully slow and extremely sluggish. I have been using VMware Fusion from version 4 onwards and have been running version 7 for the last couple of years together with a Microsoft Windows 7 VM satisfactorily. Still deeply hoping Microsoft will port Visio to Mac OS someday, but probably not going to happen, but hey you got to have dreams! I also use Windows VMs to test out new software for work, blogging and educational purposes. I am a long-time user of VMware Fusion, which enables me for example to run Microsoft Visio on my MacBook Air.
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