Virtual PC

sequitursequitur
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
I've either been asleep at the switch or just oblivious to what's going on around me. I just heard that Virtual PC 2007 is now FREE. What's intriguing to me is that you can run MS-DOS on it. That would be a hoot. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the GUI world. Anyone else miss DOS?



http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    ipeonipeon Posts: 1,122member
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    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    Anyone else miss DOS?



    Hell no.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    mr. memr. me Posts: 3,221member
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    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    I've either been asleep ... I just heard that Virtual PC 2007 is now FREE.



    This is very old news. However, you seem to have also missed the fact that Virtual PC 2007 is the Windows version of VPC.

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    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    What's intriguing to me is that you can run MS-DOS on it. ...



    You can also run DOS under Parallels on Intel-based Macs.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
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    I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the GUI world. Anyone else miss DOS?



    Absolutely not, although I don't mind having a unix shell around. The Terminal is the best power-user feature of Mac OS X.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
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    Originally Posted by Mr. Me View Post


    This is very old news. However, you seem to have also missed the fact that Virtual PC 2007 is the Windows version of VPC.

    You can also run DOS under Parallels on Intel-based Macs.



    No, I didn't miss that it is the Windows version of VPC. After finding it, I read up on it. AND, I said I missed DOS - I didn't mean I'd go back to it.

    I was just reminiscing. I used it back in the 'good ole' days, but I like GUI too much now to ever use DOS again.

    It was flying by the seat of your pants whereas GUI is flying on instruments. All us (we) old timers like to brag that we were in on the early days.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    dave k.dave k. Posts: 1,306member
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    Originally Posted by sequitur View Post


    I've either been asleep at the switch or just oblivious to what's going on around me. I just heard that Virtual PC 2007 is now FREE. What's intriguing to me is that you can run MS-DOS on it. That would be a hoot. I had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the GUI world. Anyone else miss DOS?



    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx



    What could you possible want with DOS?
  • Reply 6 of 6
    sequitursequitur Posts: 1,910member
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    What could you possible want with DOS?



    I didn't say I wanted DOS. Read the previous reply. However, I do regard it with some nostalgia. It was my introduction into the PC world. Like your first car (crate or not), you have some feeling for it. Or like a first girlfriend. If you have never experienced nostalgia, you wouldn't understand.
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