VMFusion settings for Win10 on El Cap..?

[Buffalo]

I'm running Win 10 via latest VM Fusion (8...) on Mac OSX El Capitan, I'm struggling with very high CPU % and very high temperature - regardless of what is running on Windows at the time. Even just loading into Windows spikes the CPU and creates super heat.

I have tried searching internet and see this has happened periodically in the past with various versions of VM and Windows, but not seen a solution directly for my combo and some of the solutions for the other combos I have tried to no avail.

I have two queries:

1) What are best VM Ware settings for reasonably high intensity Windows usage*

2) Any solution for stopping the % CPU spike (some e.g.s include remove iTunesHelperApp, stoping auto_update for windows, etc.)

• I use windows for 3D applications such as autoCAD type programs including specialist modelling software. So these programs are usually graphics intensive and CPU needy, but nothing terrible given modern computers.

Current mac is a late 2014 MBPr 15" - the most fully loaded version you could buy at the time (due to software to be used).

Many thanks!!!

[ZesPak]

VM ware is pretty cool, but have you tried bootcamp? maybe not that easy, but might be more stable?
What cpu is it and is it one of the ones prone to overheating?

[steveatesh]

Buffalo said:

I'm running Win 10 via latest VM Fusion (8...) on Mac OSX El Capitan, I'm struggling with very high CPU % and very high temperature - regardless of what is running on Windows at the time. Even just loading into Windows spikes the CPU and creates super heat.

I have tried searching internet and see this has happened periodically in the past with various versions of VM and Windows, but not seen a solution directly for my combo and some of the solutions for the other combos I have tried to no avail.

I have two queries:

1) What are best VM Ware settings for reasonably high intensity Windows usage*

2) Any solution for stopping the % CPU spike (some e.g.s include remove iTunesHelperApp, stoping auto_update for windows, etc.)

• I use windows for 3D applications such as autoCAD type programs including specialist modelling software. So these programs are usually graphics intensive and CPU needy, but nothing terrible given modern computers.

Current mac is a late 2014 MBPr 15" - the most fully loaded version you could buy at the time (due to software to be used).

Many thanks!!!

I can't answer your specific question (I use Parallels with Windows 8.1 no problem on a iMac Retina) but on my Windows laptop there was a definite increase in temperature and fan running after upgrading to Windows 10. The latest Threshold 2 update appears to have addressed it as it is no longer happening. I am not qualified in the tech stuff to say why, just what I have noticed in use.

[Buffalo]

Hi. I have bootcamp - in fact the VM_Fusion image is of the bootcamp partition. Basically I would only use Fusion if I could, but a couple of pieces of software I use have annoying licences where they know if they are being used in an image and will only work when booted directly into Windows via bootcamp. The rest of the windows software I use doesn't care and it is much more convenient to use Fusion for these and file transfers between OS, etc.

[cianha]

Would it make a difference if you ran the apps you need in Unity mode, rather than the full OS in the foreground?