[X4U] Linux on Virtual PC

[Jeffrey Stormshak]

Has anyone noticed that this VPC7 product ONLY allows for 512MB of Max. 
RAM allocation?  I read an article a few weeks after this purchase and 
it claimed that many features where dropped; that included allocating 
Max. of RAM based on how much was installed on my G5 with (4)GB of RAM.

Hasn't any consumer notice this?  and why wasn't that 
labeled/documented on the cover of the Product?
Where and when is the "consumer" protected from being screwed from 
MicroSloth?

Can anyone expand or lend any suggestions on how they got pasted this 
broken quality controlled product?  Please do advise -

Thanks!
Signed,
Just another consumer...
On Feb 15, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Zane H. Healy wrote:

>> Anyone got some Linux running on Virtual PC 7?
>
> Tried, yes.  Succeeded, no.  I think the following is how everything 
> breaks down.
>
> I've had the following running:
> AROS (Amiga Replacement OS)
> BeOS Max
> MS-DOS 6.22 / Windows 3.11
> Windows 95
> Windows 98
> Windows XP Pro (came with it)
>
> Not running right:
> BeOS 4.5
>
> Not running:
> Knoppix Linux
>
> I'm running it on a Dual 2Ghz G5, and overall I'm very unhappy with 
> the product.  Linux should basically just run on it, it's disk I/O 
> performance *SUCKS*, and I lost my initial WinXP Pro install with all 
> my data on the disk image when the disk image became to corrupted to 
> be read (did I mention disk I/O *SUCKS*).
>
> One thing I wanted to use it for was to play a couple of *old* games 
> that I have, that were intended for Win95 and Win98.  The disk I/O 
> performance is so bad that the games are practically unplayable.
>
> 			Zane
>
>
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