Virtual PC who uses it?
I'm wondering about getting Virtual PC. I have had older versions in the past and rarely used it. Although I had virtually no windows applications and I was a student. I'm about to graduate and I'm buying lots of software for my soon to be mine PM G5. I know I'm still a student and I can't think of any software I need on windows. If I buy it I still will not have any windows applications for it. Is it worth it just to be more compatible with the rest of the world?
So if you have Virtual PC do you use it and if so what for?
So if you have Virtual PC do you use it and if so what for?
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VPC is really really slow, at least on my PBG4. I still have it installed, just in case (since I have it) but I haven't used it except for the cases I listed above. You should easily be able to do everything you want in OS X.
Originally posted by Groover
I'm wondering about getting Virtual PC. I have had older versions in the past and rarely used it. Although I had virtually no windows applications and I was a student. I'm about to graduate and I'm buying lots of software for my soon to be mine PM G5. I know I'm still a student and I can't think of any software I need on windows. If I buy it I still will not have any windows applications for it. Is it worth it just to be more compatible with the rest of the world?
So if you have Virtual PC do you use it and if so what for?
The reason to buy Virtual PC is to run Intel-compatible software. If you don't have the software, then don't buy VPC. You are a Mac user. Buy Mac commercial software. Pay the shareware fee for Mac shareware. Use Mac freeware. It makes no sense at all to buy a Mac just so you can run Windows software slowly.
Originally posted by Aquatic
How does the latest version run on Tiger? And with Windows 2000 SP2? I have heard updating to beyond that SP slows Win2k. And just fyi for anyone, don't use XP unless you need to because it's much slower, and...doesn't add anything, except crap.
Well, I've been using Tiger and Windows XP on VPC 7 and it is slow. But I expect that and, frankly, I don't notice it being any slower than being in Panther; actually, it is a tad faster for me.