For most would-be Windows 7 users, a 64-bit version of Windows 7 is the right move. But if you don’t have sufficient RAM (at least 4GB), or you rely on devices that don’t have supporting 64-bit ...

My VM didn’t like 64-bit versions of either Windows 7 or Vista, but was fine with a 32-bit version of XP Home Edition. The install takes about as long as it would on a normal hard drive, but instead ...

Ask Ars was one of the first features of the newly born Ars Technica back in 1998. And now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our bag of ...

I run Windows 7 Ultimate under VMWare Fusion 4.1.3 on my 15" MBP (I7-2635QM) and also by dual booting. I just installed 16 GB of RAM and set the VM for 4 GB in Fusion. When I boot Win7 it reports ...