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    Can Virtual Machines fit properly on Screen?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by letsjam, Nov 27, 2011.

  1. letsjam

    letsjam Notebook Geek

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    Can Virtual Machines fit properly on the Screen of My MACbook PRO 13 inch?
    I tried VMware and virtual box box but those just occupy just a portion of my Macbook's screen thus making everything looking small to see. If I try to zoom it just leaves a black screen to the left and right of my screen and the top and bottom part of the screen gets cuts off. I think this is crappy; is there a way to make VMware or Parallel fit perfectly on my Macbook Pro's 13 inch screen?
     
    letsjam, Nov 27, 2011
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  2. kornchild2002

    kornchild2002 Notebook Deity

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    I am running Parallels 7 since it has full Lion support. Parallels 7 can automatically resize Windows and even adjust the resolution it operates at based on how large or small the window is. This means that if I wanted to, I could have Windows running at 60X480 or the full resolution of my 13" MacBook Pro (when operating in fullscreen mode, something that is exclusive to Parallels 7 under Lion).

    So yes, Parallels 7 will do what you want. You can make Windows any size you want and Parallels will automatically adjust the resolution. You can have Windows take up a large portion or, when you are operating in fullscreen mode, use the entire resolution of your MBP.
     
    kornchild2002, Nov 27, 2011
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  3. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    you could also try better touch tool, I use it to resize my open windows
     
    Karamazovmm, Nov 27, 2011
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  4. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Why dont you just run it in Unity or full screen? Whenever I have the need to run a VM on my 13, I just run it in Unity.
     
    diggy, Nov 27, 2011
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  5. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    I like best running it as fullscreen... Parallels 7 is the best right now, and it just puts the fullscreen on a different desktop so you can easily 4 finger swipe between desktops.

    Parallels 7 is the way to go if you want the best performance... after the latest VMWare version came out, I finally gave up on VMWare and dumped it and went to Parallels 7, and its light years better... I can even run lotsa games fine.
     
    doh123, Nov 27, 2011
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