Now that we have set up the parameters for the virtual machine, we are now ready to install Manjaro to it. Click on the settings gear in the top menu. The first setting that we want to adjust is in the system tab. Go to System and then select processor. Here you will be given the option for how much processing power you want to assign to Manjaro. The amount you can give is based on your hosts hardware. Typically, I will assign my VM 50% of what I have available.
Next, go to the display tab. From here, slide the video memory slider all the way to the right. This will help to smooth out the rendering performance for your VM.
Then, click on storage in the left menu and navigate to the empty disk under “Controller: IDE.” Once you click the empty disk, you’ll have an optical drive come up on the right. Click of the image of a disk to the far right of the optical drive and select “Choose a disk file” (see the below screenshot). This will open up an Explorer window; simply navigate and select the Manjaro ISO that you downloaded previously.