Optimal settings

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beam_me_up
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Optimal settings

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I have installed a Windows 7 guest on my iMac11.2, i3 core.

What are the optimal settings for the motherboard, cpu and acceleration tab in Vbox?

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socratis
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Re: Optimal settings

Post by socratis »

beam_me_up wrote:What are the optimal settings
The defaults from the template when you created the guest. That's why there is a template to begin with.

That is besides the RAM and CPUs. Those two values you should adjust according to the available resources of your host. You'd want to give the most to your guest, without "endangering" your host. I can take a look at what you have available and suggest appropriate values.

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