Installing ram in an iMac
27/08/10 Filed in: Hardware
Scotty
I hope you are well. You installed Windows on my mac for me about 2-3 years ago. I am having some what I would call performance issues with QB and windows. I was wondering if you could help me address them or if you are not able to is there someone you can direct me to?
If the problem is exclusive to Windows and Quickbooks, I may not be able to assist. If the problem is however, related to the Mac, then I should be able to help solve what's going on. Could you be a little more specific?
I think it may have something to do with Parallels but I am not sure. It just seems like it takes a very long time for Windows and QB to open-alot longer than on a regular IBM pc. I seem to recall that the mac was supposed to run Windows better and faster than the IBM could. Any thoughts?
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Parallels does give you the ability to allocate more ram to the virtual machine. When using Parallels or VMware you need a lot of ram. Then dedicate as much as you can spare to the second operating system. If on Snow Leopard 10.6, keep in mind that operating system requires 1 gig of ram by itself. So I suggest powering off Windows (not suspending) then give more ram to it inside Parallels settings windows. Also, don’t have any unnecessary programs running in either operating system while running Quick Books. The more free ram the better.
If the problem didn’t used to be there but has developed within Windows then that’s a different story. That would point more to problems within Windows. It’s not a bad idea to have a backup virtual machine (install of Windows) and a backup of your QB data just to be safe in case you get into a pinch.
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