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aquilc

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Dec 26, 2014
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Malta
Hi Guys,

I have a MacBook Pro mid-2014 (i7, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA Graphics model), and want to create a Windows 10 Pro x64 Guest VM (Virtual machine), installed with macOS 12 - Sierra.

I am using Vmware Fusion Pro (Latest Version).

I decided to allocate 8GB RAM, 4 CPU cores and 180GB Storage to the Windows 10 VM.

Before turning on the VM for the OS installation, I went to the settings screen, and under the Storage Tab, there is the option to select between three buses being IDE, SCSI and SATA... Which bus type should I select?

I know that IDE is old and slow, but am not sure what to select between SCSI and SATA....

I want to use this VM for software development (and would be running Visual Studio, Office 2016, Visio 2016).

For Internet Browsing etc, I am going to use the Mac OS.

Can someone suggest which bus should I select (performance and stability wise)?

Also shall I divide the VM into separate files or leave it onto a single file?

Your help would be greatly appreciated & Merry Christmas.
 
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