Re: Virtual PC for Intel-Based Macs

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Well with my VPC 6 XP Pro package it came with a XP CD with license number
besides the Mac VPC install disk. So yes you can use the XP that came with
your VPC package as long as you are not running the old product anymore.
Which if you have an Intel Mac then you can not anyway.


On 8/7/07 5:02 PM, in article
080820070902496216%helpful_harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Helpful Harry"
<helpful_harry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1186479408.280903.14010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
ericsrobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I've been using Virtual PC on my Windows XP machine for some time now.
Having recently bought a MacBook I was very glad to see that there was
a Virtual PC for Macs. I did notice that version 7.0 would not run on
Intel-based Macs but I saw there was an upgrade to 7.0.2 available. I
misread the details of this and thought that it allowed Virtual PC to
run on my machine so I have purchased version 7.0. My question is - is
it all possible that there will be an upgrade for 7.0 to allow it to
run on an Intel-based processor? If this is not possible does any one
know if MS have any plans to introduce a version of Virtual PC that
will run on the latter?

Nope and nope.

The Mac version of Virtual PC is designed to run on the (now old)
PowerPC chips and not the new Intel Macs. Microsoft have killed the
product and there will not be an Intel Mac version - it would require
yet another complete rewrite.

To run Windows on an Intel Mac you can use:

- Apple's Boot Camp http://www.apple.com/bootcamp
Technically still in beta testing, but is a free download.
Requires rebootgin the Mac to swap between using Mac OS
and Windows. Runs at 100% speed.

- Parallels Desktop http://www.parallels.com
This is similar to Virtual PC in that Windows is run in a
protected sandbox as a Mac OS application. There is a
small speed penalty caused by the Mac OS overhead. This
is NOT emulation, but is virtualisation like the Windows
version of Virtual PC.

- VMWare Fusion http://www.vmware.com
Basically the same as Parallels Desktop.


All three of these products are only for Intel Macs (will not work on
PowerPC Macs). They also all require a legal license of Windows - you
can not use the version of Windows that comes bundled with Virtual PC.


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

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