[X4U] VPC and Win2K

[Mike Panas]

If you really need to run a Win system, I think Zane's on the right track.
We ended up buying an HP set up to run my wife's quilting software. It would
run on VPC, but so s-l-o-w-l-y she just couldn't bear it. She hates the PC
for every other function, but for her specialized software she uses it.
Mike


> From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 10:18:55 -0700
> To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: Re: [X4U] VPC and Win2K
> 
>> On Apr 17, 2005, at 5:16 pm, Andy Hannen wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've been running(?) VPC with WinXP on my G4 800MHz. It's intolerably slow.
>> 
>> Have you tried tweaking the performance settings in XP? I think
>> you'll find them if you right-click My Computer & have a furtle. You
>> can remove the rounded-corners of Windows, drop-shadows, animations
>> &c. I wouldn't expect XP to be too snappy on a PIII 800, so I'm not
>> surprised it's slow on your  G3.
> 
> Right-Click on the desktop, and select "Properties".  Then click on
> the "Themes" tab on the "Display Properties" dialog box.  Select
> "Windows Classic" from the drop-down menu.
> 
> This will make XP look like Win2k, and significantly improve your
> performance.  However, the whole Pentium III 800Mhz comparison vs. G4
> 800Mhz isn't fair.  The G4 is having to emulate the PC.  I'm running
> on a dual 2Ghz G5, and even on it WinXP seems to be significantly
> slower than on a dual Pentium II 400Mhz.
> 
> I've installed the following additional OS's under VPC 7.
> AROS
> BeOS
> MS DOS 6.22 / Win 3.11
> Windows 95
> Windows 98SE
> 
> Of those the only ones that really perform well are AROS and
> MS-DOS/Win3.11.  The most frustrating thing is how bad the Disk I/O
> is.  The CD-ROM emulation is so slow that software written to use a
> 1x CD-ROM can't even access the CD fast enough.  I was hoping to use
> VPC to run a few very old games (7+ years old) that I wanted to play.
> It won't work.
> 
> The other thing I was hoping to use it for is to run a few apps (one
> of which actually ran faster than its Mac counterpart).
> Unfortunately I found that when I did a lot of disk I/O under VPC, I
> ended up with a disk image that was so corrupt that it was
> inaccessible.  As a result there are only a couple minor programs
> that I can even use it for :^(
> 
> The end result is that for about the cost of a copy of VPC, you
> should be able to find a used system that will overall out-perform it
> (this assumes you can't find one for free).
> 
> Zane
> 
> 
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