Each virtual machine has a standard virtual hardware configuration for chip set, BIOS, ports, and so on. The amount of memory and number of processors depends on your Mac.
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Up to 128 GB, depending on the available memory on your Mac, virtual machine hardware version, and guest operating system support |
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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 use stays below 70 percent of your total Mac memory. |
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128 MB 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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256 MB 3D accelerated video with DirectX 9.0EX with Aero and OpenGL 2.1 for Windows Vista and later as the guest operating system | ||||||||||||||||||
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3D accelerated video with DirectX 11 with OpenGL 4.1 for Windows 7 and later as the guest operating system. DirectX 11 requires macOS 10.15 or later on the host and hardware version 18 and later. You can enable DirectX 11 on the following Mac models
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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 website. |
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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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CD/DVD drive can be a physical device on the host or client system, or an ISO image file or a DMG image file |
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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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LSI Logic LSI53C10xx Ultra320 SCSI I/O controller. For Windows XP guest systems, this controller requires an add-on driver from the LSI Logic website. On the website, 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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Up to 60 NVMe devices: 4 controllers and 15 devices per controller | ||||||
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The following guest operating systems do not support virtual NVMe hard disks by default.
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Driver-free printing. Automatic replication of host printers in guest virtual machines, including PCL and PostScript printers |
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Supports high-speed USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and SuperSpeed Plus USB 3.1 |
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Supports most devices, including USB printers, scanners, PDAs, hard disk drives, memory card readers and digital cameras, as well as streaming devices such as webcams, speakers, and microphones |
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Three virtual hubs are configured by default for bridged, host-only, and NAT networking. |
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Support for most Ethernet-based protocols, including TCP/IP v4, Microsoft Networking, Samba, Novell NetWare, and Network File System. |
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Built-in NAT supports client software using TCP/IP v4, FTP, DNS, HTTP, WINS, and Telnet, including VPN support for PPTP over NAT. |
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Create additional virtual networks to create isolated logical networks. This feature is available only with Fusion Pro. |
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Support for IPv6 for NAT only applies to additional virtual networks, and is available only with Fusion Pro. |
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| If your host machine has a physical solid-state drive (SSD), the host informs guest operating systems they are running on an SSD. |