Re: Reasonably Expectable Performance
- From: "PalmSpringsProf" <mandes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 7 Apr 2005 23:15:02 -0700
Oh my goodness, YES! Keep the PC. Absolutely. Don't even think about
getting rid of your Windows machine even if you do buy Virtual PC,
especially if you "support PCs for a living."
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Virtual PC is a wonderful
application and has many functional uses. However, replacing a physical
PC is NOT one of them. To purchase and install VPC expecting it to
perform anywhere close to how an actual Windows machine would perform
is a terrible error in judgment. Slower speeds, apps that are not
compatible in VPC, input devices that won't work and deeply lowered
graphic abilities are simply some of the disappointments you will
encounter.
Think of VPC as a helper app, a cross-platform convenience, NOT as a
replacement for a physical computer.
Best of luck!
John, Palm Springs, California
thecompu wrote:
> "user217" wrote:
> > TCV wrote:
> > > Quickbooks
> > > Quicken
> > > Firefox
> > > Thunderbird
> > >
> > > I do some other things with the laptop on occasion: I run
> > NetStumbler
> > > from time to time for clients. But, really, that's it.
> > >
> > > It's a nice laptop. But I really want a Macintosh,
> > specifically a
> > > Powerbook G4. (I'd like a G5, but I digress.)
> > >
> > > I am wondering if I spend a really shiny nickel on a PBG4
> > 1.67 with 1
> > > GB RAM and get VPC, I am wondering if I can run those
> > applications.
> > > Really, all I'm looking to run are the financial apps. The
> > rest are
> > > doable with other Mac-centric apps.
> >
> > Well FireFox, ThunderBird and Netstumbler are doable on the
> > mac by simply
> > running the mac versions of FireFox, ThunderBird and
> > NetStumbler (aka
> > iStumbler on the mac). This is obviously going to be
> > infinately better than
> > any emulation solution (and we won't even get into the fact
> > that a Virtual
> > PC NetStumbler won't work on an emulated machine because it
> > won't see the
> > airport card as a wireless card).
> >
> > As for the rest of it, its tough to say, performance can be
> > very subjective
> > going by people's experiences that i've seen here and in
> > various other
> > forums. Simply saying, for example, that "Your proposed mac
> > will run like a
> > P iii-500" (or whatever) is all well and good, but it doesn't
> > take into
> > account how your target programs use the PC.
> >
> > Indeed, do you know how your emulated OS + target program
> > would run on a
> > *real* PC with the same spec as the proposed one for Virtual
> > PC? If it would
> > suck on a real PC of that spec its not likely to run better
> > than that on an
> > emulated PC with that spec.
> >
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Rob Moir
> > Website - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk
> > Virtual PC 2004 FAQ -
> > http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
> > Kazaa - Software update services for your Viruses and Spyware.
>
> I am wondering if I need to keep the PC.
>
> The fear comes in because I support PCs for a living. Even so, the
Mac
> wouldn't prevent me from doing work, not in the slightest. Still, I
am
> wondering if I need a windows machine or VPC for some situations.
>
> Will a Mac allow me to hook up an NTFS formatted HDD via USB and copy
> the data off of it?
>
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