Re: Windows Vista And Virtual PC 7 For Mac

In article <#crs3iuQHHA.3996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Cardona
<Search.Archives@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Colin Barnhorst wrote:
Vista will run very slowly and the virtual machine additions do not help
Vista. You would need at least a 512MB ram allocation and I recommend
768MB. You will not get the 3d stuff, of course, but Vista will run in

VPC for Mac's RAM limit is 512 MB no matter how much RAM is in the host Mac.

VPC for Mac does NOT meet the minimum requirements for a Vista-capable
machine. Attempting to run Vista on a PPC Mac is pretty close to the
definition of masochism, albeit possible.

In all fairless you're better off buying the most minimal Vista-capable
PC out there or upgrading to an Intel Mac.

With the reportedly less-than-enthusiastic take-up of Vista, you are
probably better not bothering with Vista at all for the time being and
wait for Vista 2.0, as well as the new Intel Mac to run it on. :o)

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)
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