Real PC in trouble? M$ sends Cease & Desist.
I was poking around the MacNN forums looking for info on the RealPC beta
and ran across this post by 'FWBSales':
Damn! I'm really looking to give this new software a try. If any of the hype is even close true it'll rock.
Anyone here have any more info on what the Cease & Desist is all about?
[edit:] Link to MacNN thread.
and ran across this post by 'FWBSales':
Quote:
The release of Real PC and the software formerly known as Softwindows, now PowerWindows is now scheduled for July... Microsoft sent us a Cease and Desist letter. One must be careful when scrutinized by their attorneys.
The release of Real PC and the software formerly known as Softwindows, now PowerWindows is now scheduled for July... Microsoft sent us a Cease and Desist letter. One must be careful when scrutinized by their attorneys.
Damn! I'm really looking to give this new software a try. If any of the hype is even close true it'll rock.
Anyone here have any more info on what the Cease & Desist is all about?
[edit:] Link to MacNN thread.
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Originally posted by 709
I was poking around the MacNN forums looking for info on the RealPC beta
and ran across this post by 'FWBSales':
Damn! I'm really looking to give this new software a try. If any of the hype is even close true it'll rock.
Anyone here have any more info on what the Cease & Desist is all about?
[edit:] Link to MacNN thread.
The Windows in the product name?
Originally posted by JLL
The Windows in the product name?
Didn't the 'Lindows' judge rule that 'Windows' was too common a word to be trademarked....or is that court case still going on?
iThinkImaPC v1.0
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Originally posted by 709
and I reeeeeaaally don't want to buy a PC just to play Half-Life 2.
Is there a rumor that PowerWindows (or whatever the name will be) will be good enough to pull that off?!?!
I'd be ultra-impressed and surprised if you could play HL2 (at an OK frame rate) on PowerWindows.
We intend to make this program the fastest emulation product on the market, and fare developing direct hardware acceleration with our graphics. Not emulation, but true hardware speeds.
Technically, does this mean that with an ATI 9700 in the Macintosh will be emulated as an ATI 9700 in RealPC ?
Yes, that is what we are working on... After all, what is the point of having a great graphics card if you can't play games on it in either Mac or PC mode.
Could be market-drone-hype though.
As far as gaming goes, I remember playing a full-screen (640 x 480 I think) 3D game (Genome from Seventh level; circa 1997(?)) on my iMac DV400 via Virtual PC 4.0 in OS 9 (Windows 98 with at least 192 megs ?o? ram allocated to it.)
IT WAS PLAYABLE!
I mean really playable. It didn?t exactly run like a slut, but it ran it well enough to be perfectly enjoyable (as long as baby-sitting your lame ass wingmen didn?t drive you to madness in the process)
Of course, zsnes runs about as fast as a dead walrus.
Amorya
Originally posted by thegelding
how about if they call it BRUTUS...
You rock, g.
heh heh