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Total memory available for all virtual machines is limited only by the amount of memory on the Mac
NOTE If you assign too much memory to your virtual machines and have them all running at the same
time, your Mac might slow down because of heavy disk swapping. As a best practice, make sure the
total memory that Fusion and all running virtual machines uses stays below 70 percent of your total
Mac memory.
Graphics
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VGA
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SVGA
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128MB 3D accelerated video with DirectX 9.0c with Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.1 for Windows XP
as the guest OS
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256MB 3D accelerated video with DirectX 9.0EX with Aero and OpenGL 2.1 for Windows Vista and
later as the guest OS
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3D accelerated video with DirectX 10 with OpenGL 3.3 for Windows Vista and later as the guest OS.
DirectX 10 requires OSX 10.10 or later on the host and hardware version 12 and later. DirectX 10 also
requires a GPU version of Intel HD4000 or later, Nvidia GeForce 650M or later, or AMD Radeon HD
5750 or later. The VMware guest operating system OpenGL driver for Windows and Linux supports the
OpenGL 3.3 core profile only. The OpenGL3.3 compatibility profile is not supported.
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To use the GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc and GL_S3_s3tc Open Graphics Library (OpenGL)
extensions in a Windows XP or Windows 7 or later guest operating system, you must install Microsoft
DirectX End-User Runtime in the guest operating system. OpenGL is an application program interface
that is used to define 2D and 3D computer graphics. You can download Microsoft DirectX End-User
Runtime from the Microsoft Download Center Web site.
IDE Devices
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Up to four devices. Any of these devices can be a virtual hard disk or CD/DVD drive
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IDE virtual disks up to 8 TB
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CD/DVD drive can be a physical device on the host or client system, or an ISO image file or a DMG
image file
SATA Devices
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Up to 120 SATA devices: 4 controllers and 30 devices per controller
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SATA virtual disks up to 8 TB
SCSI Devices
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Up to 60 devices. Any of these devices can be a virtual hard disk or CD/DVD drive
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SCSI virtual disks up to 8 TB
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LSI Logic LSI53C10xx Ultra320 SCSI I/O controller. For Windows XP guest systems, this requires an
add-on driver from the LSI Logic Web site. On the Web site, select Support & Downloads, click the link
for downloading drivers, and select the controller in the drop-down menu to find the driver to
download.
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Mylex (BusLogic) BT-958 compatible host bus adapter. For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
guest systems, this requires an add-on driver from the VMware Web site. See
http://www.vmware.com/download/fusion/drivers_tools.html.
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