kiyasmom Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I am having a heck of a time installing Leopard on my DV8110US. Grrr...I am running the PCWIZ vmware install right now and I am happy because it's closer to Intel Mac than I've ever been. I currently own a iMac G4 flat panel, which speaks for itself . Anyhow, the VMWare system is a little laggy (but not annoyingly so) and I am missing some of the support I see you native installers are experiencing such as USB and sound (iPhoto and iTunes would be nice). I do want the most authentic experience possible on this machine though. I've tried the vmware to native install and messed up my XP partition upon restart because of a invalid partition table. Don't really want to risk it again but I would if I thought it could be successful and if there was a marked difference in performance. Is there a noticeable performance difference in the VMWare install versus Native for most of you? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/103816-vmware-vs-native-install/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbrush Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 The difference will be like between heaven and hell. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/103816-vmware-vs-native-install/#findComment-739390 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka911 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 The difference will be like between heaven and hell. you are right if you install it with VMWare it will work but it will be very slow, but if you install it to your HD you will have more speed with leopard. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/103816-vmware-vs-native-install/#findComment-739654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiyasmom Posted May 8, 2008 Author Share Posted May 8, 2008 Thanks. I guess I have to wait for this Zephyroth to finish downloading and use it as my last ditch effort. It's the only distro I haven't tried yet because this torrent is painfully slow (averages 75 kbs and I get above 1 Mbps download speeds on most other torrents). I've looked for it on newsgroups but can't find it. Oh well. I guess by the time I start my night shift it'll be ready to try. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/103816-vmware-vs-native-install/#findComment-739661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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