Virtual Pc 7
...so what's up with that software? There are some leaks and previews for office 2004 and msn messenger, but none for virtual pc. Nothing (I mean NOTHING) new came out ever since January 6, which is when M$ announced it.
Known Information so far is: G5 supports it and is faster and better.
Anything else (info) out there?
Known Information so far is: G5 supports it and is faster and better.
Anything else (info) out there?
Comments
1.) Games: DirectX is going to be supported, because their XBox2 emulator technology that they're developing for running XBox1 games is going to be ported.
2.) VPC7 is going to be a cocoa application; no more os9 support.
There was a mac version, but the coder got hired by MS and poof, dead mac version falling behind PC version (this software is free BTW).
Nothing like using an emulator to run an emulator to make you realize that nothing's better than native software.
Originally posted by koya87
2.) VPC7 is going to be a cocoa application; no more os9 support.
Why would they bother porting VPC to Cocoa? Not even their RDP client is Cocoa, and it would be easy *there*.
Originally posted by spotcatbug
I just bought a $200 real (not virtual) PC to replace VPC. The PC doesn't come with Windows or a monitor, but I already have both of those items.
I have a PC that I built in '99 (dual celery 500MHz) that still works fine. I'm just trying to stay away from it in general. I just enjoy working on my PowerBook more than working on my PC.
Virtual oc 7 requires 512MB of ram. Needs to be on Panther for G5s. More than 4 gigs of drive space.
Office 2004, by the way, says to require 256mbRAM/840mbHD.
Originally posted by PBG4 Dude
I had to use VPC so I could do my assembly programming in SPIM, which is emulating a MIPS processor.
There was a mac version, but the coder got hired by MS and poof, dead mac version falling behind PC version (this software is free BTW).
Nothing like using an emulator to run an emulator to make you realize that nothing's better than native software.
Go to google, type in 'Mac OS X spim' and click "I'm feeling lucky."
I have VPC4, and am not impressed. You're probably better off getting a cheap Wal-mart PC, putting Windows 98 on it, and using VNC to access it.
Originally posted by koya87
1.) Games: DirectX is going to be supported, because their XBox2 emulator technology that they're developing for running XBox1 games is going to be ported.
2.) VPC7 is going to be a cocoa application; no more os9 support.
I don't know why you think because it came from a forum it means it's true.
Both of those things are BS.
Originally posted by Ra
Go to google, type in 'Mac OS X spim' and click "I'm feeling lucky."
Hey thanks for the info! Too bad I finished my ASM work over a year ago LOL.
I think I'll download the source though. I'd like to pick apart a Cocoa project or 3 so I can learn the Cocoa APIs.
Originally posted by markiv
Any ideas on the release date of Virtual PC 7.0
Amazon lists July 19th as the release date for Office 2004 Professional, which is supposed to include VPC 7. No idea about a standalone version though.