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That’s pretty different, isn’t it? Windows 8 is definitely a brave new world for Windows users and even for us die-hard Mac OS fans. Log in - if you set a password to your account - and move the cursor to a corner, and here’s what you’ll see: Really, incredibly easy:įinally, we’re ready to see what Windows 8 has to offer, with its default boot screen:
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Once the OS install proceeds far enough, VMware Fusion automatically installs its own support drivers and utilities into the VM too. While the install proceeds, Windows displays some useful tips to help you get started with Windows 8 because there’s no toolbar along the bottom, no “START” button on the lower left:
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Simply double-click on the new “Windows 8” virtual machine and it’ll do all the work from this point (because you entered your default login and license code earlier, remember?) starting by copying files into memory: Still should be plenty for an OS and a few apps for testing purposes and, as I mentioned earlier, it’s also something that can be increased later if necessary.ĭone? Close the windows and you’re ready to actually fire up Win8 and start the actual install process!
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Now you can use the slider to tweak it for your preferred setting:Īs you can see I dropped it down from 60GB to 12GB. To change the allocated disk size for the virtual machine, click on “Hard Disk” in the second row.
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So starting small and getting bigger as needed is the strategy of choice, for sure.įusion will pop up the standard – complicated – window full of settings and options: Note, btw, that you can increase the size of your virtual drive at any time once the OS is installed, but you can never shrink it down and reclaim space. I encourage you to tweak both of these settings by clicking on “Customize Settings” before you actually run the installation. Now you’re presented with a summary of the default installation configuration:Ħ0GB? 2GB of RAM? Not so much. Enter it all – including entering the license code oh-so-carefully, and click “Continue” again. Once you’ve decided, click on “Continue” again and you’ll be asked to enter your license key, specify a starting account and password, and other configuration settings that will automatically passed to the Win8 install process without further intervention.
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Since I am constantly testing software and utilities in my virtual machines, I always opt for “more isolated” to ensure that problems, viruses, malware, etc are trapped just in the VM, but you might want to have things be “more seamless” so you can easily access Mac documents from Win8, and vice versa. Since Fusion is an emulated environment, the 64-bit will work for you too, even if you’re on an older Mac system.Ĭontinue by clicking… can you guess? … “Continue”. Since I’m on the most modern of processors, I always pick the 64-bit version. Truth be told, I find it astonishing that Microsoft makes users try to figure out the difference between a 32-bit and 64-bit processor and guess that the vast majority of people pick the wrong one when they do an install. Notice that I’m installing the 圆4 (64-bit) version of the OS here. After a few seconds VMware Fusion will recognize not only that a disk has been added, but that it’s actually a Win8 install disk: If necessary, plug in an external SuperDrive as I did with my MacBook Pro, then put in the DVD. If your Mac has a SuperDrive or other optical reader, slip the Microsoft install DVD in. Lots of options, but for a new installation of Windows 8 we simply select “New…” to proceed, which produces this pop-up window:
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At this point I’m going to give Win8 a bit less space (after all, this MacBook Pro only has a 256GB SSD drive, so space is a precious commodity), but we’ll get to that a bit later.Īt this juncture, all I need to do is click on the “+” Add button on the top left: You’ll see something like this:Īs is obvious, I already have a copy of Windows 7 installed and I allocated 17GB for it.
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There are digital-only downloads of the OS, but that’s a slightly different install process, though I bet you can figure out what needs to change based on what I present here.įirst step is to make sure you have a valid copy of Windows 8 including the necessary license key. I did this install on a new retina MacBook Pro with 16GB of RAM, the very latest version of VMware Fusion and the commercial boxed release of Windows 8 Pro, as purchased from. Whether you should, and whether you’ll enjoy the new Win8 user experience, well, that’s another story… The answer is that yes, you can indeed install Windows 8 within VMware Fusion and even better, it works really well and is indeed speed, even faster than Win7 performs.