[Ti] Virtual PC question

[mac2]

I am the person who asked the original question.

As I haven't followed the product very closely, I was not aware that there was a 
version 6.1.  I have an old copy of 6.0, and I knew that m$ had purchased 
Virtual PC and came out with version 7.x.

I guess that I should re-ask my original question.

I will soon have a new Powerbook 1.67 Ghz and, in addition to Mac OS X, I need 
to run Solaris 10 x86.

Should I stick with Virtual PC 6.0, should I hunt down a copy of 6.1, or should 
I purchase a new copy of 7.0 from m$???

Thanks,

Jerry K


Chris Olson wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Dr Trevor J. Hutley wrote:
> 
>> I get the impression that with Microsoft it has not progressed.
> 
> 
> The main reason Microsoft bought VirtualPC is as an emulation layer  for 
> backwards compatibility of legacy software in Windows Vista when  they 
> transition to the WinFS database-style file system.  The Mac  version 
> just happened to be along for the ride.  It'll eventually be  dropped 
> from their software lineup for Mac.
> 
> There were lots of pirated copies of VirtualPC6 floating around on  the 
> internet.  VPC6.1 broke the serial number hack that allowed the  pirated 
> copies to run.  VPC7 added token support for the G5 processor  with no 
> AltiVec support and a "fix" for the G5 not supporting pseudo  
> little-endian mode.  It's slower than the proverbial molasses in  
> January compared to VPC6 on a G4.
> 
> There has not been one performance enhancement to VirtualPC since  
> version 6.0