My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

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niketsjof2
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My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

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I have a 2018 MacBook Pro 13', i5, 16GB RAM

my windows 10 vm is running very slow even the cursor moving around is choppy.
I don't know it is normal or not. here is my log
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socratis
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Re: My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

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00:00:01.253969 NumCPUs <integer> = 0x0000000000000004 (4)
00:00:01.506832 CPUM: Physical host cores: 4
00:00:01.507102 Full Name: "Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8259U CPU @ 2.30GHz"
You have assigned all your CPUs to the VM. The host is going to run low on resources, since VirtualBox cares about physical processors (cores), not logical ones (threads). And your i5-8259U has 4 cores / 8 threads.
00:00:01.163127 File system of '/Users/miketsui/Downloads/Win10_1803_EnglishInternational_x64.iso' (DVD) is unknown
00:00:04.044156 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
You haven't even installed your Win10 guest, you're starting from the bootable DVD! You're still in the installation phase, where exactly did you see the guest being "choppy"?
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
niketsjof2
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Re: My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

Post by niketsjof2 »

sorry I think I uploaded a wrong log
here is the right one.

besides, I had tried to allocate 2 Cores for the window 10.
it is still very slow
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socratis
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Re: My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

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Please be a little bit more careful. When I'm asking for a log, I don't want to see a random log, from a random run, with random settings. I want to see "The log" where/when the problem occurs. ZIPPED. You zipped the first, but not the second one... ;)
00:00:01.085016 File system of '/Users/miketsui/Downloads/Win10_1803_EnglishInternational_x64.iso' (DVD) is unknown
Always eject any CD/DVD after you're done using them.
00:00:01.795242 GUI: 2D video acceleration is disabled
And so is the 3D acceleration. Shutdown the VM and enable them in the VM settings » Display. You'll also notice that the max VRAM might jump from 128 to 256 MB after that; max the VRAM as well. Then re-install the Guest Additions (GAs) in the guest.
00:00:03.811179 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
Again? Seriously? See points 1 and 2...
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
Martin
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Re: My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

Post by Martin »

socratis wrote:
00:00:03.811179 VMMDev: Guest Log: BIOS: Booting from CD-ROM...
Again? Seriously? See points 1 and 2...
(you will see this message as long as the ISO is connected. The DVD puts up a "press any key to boot from DVD" and then continues to boot the installed system from HDD)
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Re: My windows 10 virtual machine is running very slow and choppy in my 2018 MacBook Pro

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I stand corrected Martin, I completely forgot about that part... :shock:
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
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