Select “Windows 7” as the Operating System and give the Windows 8 VM at least 2GB of RAM for best performance (64 bit version).Ensure that “Use operating system installation disc or image:” is selected and the Win8DP ISO is chosen, then click “Continue”.Drag and drop the Windows 8 ISO into the “New Virtual Machine Assistant”.Move the Windows 8 ISO file to your Mac OS X desktop.This has been confirmed to work in both Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

The Windows 8 iso is about 4GB GB but transfer very quickly from Microsofts servers, and getting the VMWare Fusion trial is just a matter of confirming your email address.Īssuming you have now downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO file and then installed VMWare 4, you’ll probably want to quit most of your other apps so that you can free up as much RAM and CPU as possible. Note: Don’t want to use VMWare? Here’s how to install Windows 8 in VirtualBox, which will run in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Download VMWare Fusion 4 – free 30 day trial or $49 to buy.Download Windows 8 Developer Preview – free download (64-bit version recommended).

Vmware free vm for mac