Which version of windows 7 should I buy to run under vmware fusion for web dev?

问题

Does it make a difference? All I'll be doing (for the most part) is running different browsers. I would think the most stripped down one possible would be best.

Update: My dev box is a MacBook Pro (2010) with 8G ram, 2.4 GHz processor running Lion.

回答1:

Ordinary Windows 7 installations are shipped with a full load of crap. Even the cleanest installs have a size of at least 10 GB. For that reason, I recommend to only use Windows 7 if you want to test IE9+ (which requires Vista+).

The following steps will take a maximum of ten minutes. Afterwards, you have a fully functioning Windows 7 + IE9 system, which takes only 2GB of physical space:

Getting Windows 7 Lite

• I use this set-up in VirtualBox. I have not tested it in VMWare, but there should be no differences.
• Get a Windows 7 Lite VM image.
  I myself use an image, created by ivankehayov:
  
  • Download name: Win7.SP1.IE9.lite.v2-IK
  • ISO size: 700 MB (after installing: less 2GB)
  • MD5: 094BE542B3F292726EF7F16619CACA9A
  • For more information, and the tools used to create this image, see this forum. More details (about the old image) can be found here.

Creating/Installing the Virtual Machine

• Create an new VM, and put the ISO image in the virtual CD slot.
• 2 GB RAM (Minimum of 1 GB, to ensure that your system doesn't crash).
• Boot the Virtual Machine.
• Install from the iso image

Decrease resource usage (4 steps)

1. Install CCleaner, to wipe (temporary) (log) files.
2. Disable System Protection:
   Control Panel > System Protection > Configure... > Turn off system protection
   
   

3. Disable the page file (especially recommended when you've got a SSD).
   Control Panel > Advanced system settings > Performance [Settings..] > Advanced > Virtual memory [Change..] > No paging file - Set. Confirm and reboot.
   
   

4. Disable all unnecessary services, to increase the booting speed.
   

Set your preferences (homepage? IE settings?), and save a snapshot of your VM. When you're done with using the VM, restore the snapshot. This will prevent Windows from hogging disk space over time, and keeps your VM image compact.

My virtual Windows 7 boots within 45 seconds.
<sub>Relevant details about my own environment:
- Virtualization software: Oracle VirtualBox
- Operating system: Linux-based
- RAM: 8 GB
- Disk: 60 GB SSD</sub>

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9519676/which-version-of-windows-7-should-i-buy-to-run-under-vmware-fusion-for-web-dev