Re: Virtual PC

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From: Patrick Jones (Patrickj_at_LLEWELLYN.com)
Date: 11/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:54:08 -0600

On 11/14/04 12:39 PM, in article uJTUKmnyEHA.2200@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
"Terrell" <macmanx@gawab.com> wrote:

>
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> In article <BD8730EA.6358%robie_e@msn.com>, RE <robie_e@msn.com> wrote:
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>>
>> hello - I'm wondering if there's general approval/disapproval of virtual
> pc.
>> can anybody break down any disadvantages to the software? i.e. any
>> conflicts w/ other software.
>>
>> thanks in advance for the advice.
>>
>> RE
>> I use Virtual PC 6 and it is okay for General Windows purposes it is not a
> full fledge replacement. The screen refresh rate is too slow for anything
> like games and I wouldn't recommend using it under MacOS X. Under MacOS X it
> just crashes too much and it will destroy your Virtual PC. Strangely, any PC
> that crashed under MacOS X still runs in 9 as if nothing ever happened.
> Anyway Virtual PC emulates about a typical Pentium II 266mhz machine so
> don't expect magic. To get the best performance from Virtual PC I recommend
> that you run it from with in MacOS 9 since Mac OS 9 doesn't require as much
> ram as X, but if you must run it under X your best bet is to upgrade you ram
> past 256mb, don't run Virtual PC in full screen mode, and pray.
>
>
>

You'll want to get VPC 7, runs much better on OSX than 6, although I've
never had it "destroy" my virtual PC. Just ran slow. Make sure you check the
system requirements before you buy.

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