How slow is VPC 5 ?
Is VPC 5 usable under OS X (say with either Win200 or XP) ? I dont want to play games but I am thnking of running a few dvd/vidoe based programs.
I would run it on either my 867 or my dual 500 (is there multi processor support ?).. both have 1G of ram.
Is it worth it ?
Cheers
adam
[ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Adam11 ]</p>
I would run it on either my 867 or my dual 500 (is there multi processor support ?).. both have 1G of ram.
Is it worth it ?
Cheers
adam
[ 01-23-2002: Message edited by: Adam11 ]</p>
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Try and imagine a dog with no legs, then throw a bone for him to fetch.
It's not even funny trying to run it on my iBook in X. Under 9 it's a little less depressing. Seems like every version they release gets slower.
And on my iBook, I'm not shitting you, it took almost 2 mintues to load QB. I thought the VPC or windows had froze, then finally it launched. That's when I knew something seriously was wrong wth the speed. Once it gets going its not all bad, but launching, quiting, switching between apps is horrid.
Put it this way- VPC sees my USB iBook as a Pll
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Put it this way- VPC sees my USB iBook as a Pll </strong><hr></blockquote>
Thank you. That just steered me away from VPC. I want something that'll actually have decent speed.
[ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: EmAn ]</p>
<strong>I just found out that I need to run Visual Basic for a course I am taking. On VPC 5, it should be interesting. </strong><hr></blockquote>
That's gunna be very interesting.
Use Windows 95 and download Tweak UI to turn off all the GUI options.
That should help the speed a little.
<strong>I just found out that I need to run Visual Basic for a course I am taking. On VPC 5, it should be interesting. </strong><hr></blockquote>
I really wouldn't recommend trying to do software development, even something uncomplicated like VB, in an emulator.
Unpredictable results might occur.
You're better off buying the cheapest POS PC you can find which will run the version of VB you need to use. No sound card, no graphics card, 13" monitor, etc. You should be able to find somebody's second-hand computer for peanuts.
<strong>Unpredictable results might occur.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Do you have any experience with "unpredictable results" in software dev?
I've compiled and run Pascal, C, C++, and Java apps with no problems at all under VPC.
[ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</p>
I need to be able to browse a large online database, and take offline courses (taking courses in VPC 3 right now, and works fine) would the speed be bearable on a 800mhz G4 iMac? I can't run the database on my StarMax 4000 with VPC 3 at all.
Anyway, VPC 3 was nice, 4 wasn't too bad. Maybe the speed decrease has something to do with the dynamic expanding drive that they introed in version 4. I'm not sure, use version or 4 if you can. If you run X, just plan on it being much much slower then X. Not worth it to me, I feel like I pissed away $200 bucks for it. I want to email them and demand an update when they fix the speed issues. Even when booted into 9, it was still slow as hell.
What is a Pentium ll anyways?
[ 01-26-2002: Message edited by: KidRed ]</p>
<strong>2 DogCows? Wierd.
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On other boards I'm just 'Dogcow' but the other Dogcow here stole it first, so I had to stick an 'i' in front of it...
Mean ol' Dogcow, stealing names from people....
Overall, the speed seems adequate. If you are doing spreadsheets, wordprocessing and such it will be OK.
I used VPC 1 on a PowerMac 7500/200 604e running Windows NT and Visual Studio 5 (I think) to do my Software Development/Senior Project in college. I use to do pushups and situps during full compiles (deleting objects and recompiling everything). I got in pretty damn good shape that semester...
Was great for my class, I'd grab my laptop and go to friends houses to work on the programs.
VPC under X does seem pretty slow at the moment but under 9 it isn't too bad. I haven't spent enough time in X with VPC to see if I'll keep using it there.