You don't need to use all four cores. You should just be using one (for vmware). To check, open task manager in the vm and go to performance tab. Under 'CPU usage history' you should see 1 box per core. so you will see 4 boxes on your regular os and 1 in the vm if you are using one core. And for the ram, you set it when you create the vm and you can edit it later too. try looking for it in the settings. 512mb+ should be fine.
@carazy: Please redownload 1.16 and try it in your regular os (outside of vmware) and tell me how it goes.
@carazy: Please redownload 1.16 and try it in your regular os (outside of vmware) and tell me how it goes.