[X4U] Re: Virtual PC question

[Mark]

On 19/12/05 22:43, "Lists" <lists at tntluoma.com> wrote:

> VPC also only works for Win2000 and XP.

Not true. I have Win 98 running under VPC7. I had an old version of VPC (4,
I think) that II got 2nd hand; that had the Win98 with it). There are
several things that don't work under 98 ... But then again there are things
that don't work with VPC/XP too (bluetooth adaptors and Palm hotsyncs to
name but 2!)

For anyone planning on using VPC ...

It's slow. That's why I use 98 if possible. A ballpark figure I heard was
"about half the speed of your mac" (So my 1.25GHz iMac is about a 600MHz
PC). Kill all unrequired apps, especially as running out of available memory
can lead to the Colonel arriving ... sorry _KERNEL_ as in panic!
I am currently trying iEmulator, but have had little time to give it a run
for its money. It is a lot cheaper than VPC, but needs a Windows CD (VPC
usually comes with one). It can (apparently) import Virtual Machines from
VPC but II haven't got that to work as yet.
A last point. Allow time! I installed the mac part in about 10 minutes. It
then took two hours to get the windows side working properly!

And don't forget about viruses - I picked three up within about a week of
installing VPC. They don't affect the mac files (unless you have a macro
virus for MS Office) but can cause problems in the VM

OK?