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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 25 Jan 2010 13:53
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
> actually, it won't run at all.

Thanks for the correction!

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From: Mike Rosenberg on 25 Jan 2010 17:07
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:

> In article <zrl7n.61014$Db2.9398(a)edtnps83>, Kir�ly
> <me(a)home.spamsucks.ca> wrote:
>
> > No. It's less than useless. Virtual PC, being a PowerPC app, will run
> > in Rosetta, and then run Windows under emulation. Extremely slow and
> > inefficient.
>
> actually, it won't run at all.

No, but if I recall correctly, with Parallels and Fusion can import the
virtual machine so there's no need to buy a separate copy of Windows.

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From: Steve Hix on 25 Jan 2010 20:13
In article <SalmonEgg-C3329E.10110525012010(a)news60.forteinc.com>,
Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I bought Virtual PC with Windows X Pro (IIRC). Is that of any use with a
> modernMac using Intel chips and Snow Leopard?

Unless you want to run some OS under Windows that you're running on your
intel Mac using BootCamp or VirtualBox, etc., probably not.

This isn't the old Virtual PC that would let you run Windows on a PPC
Mac; MS requirements page says you have to be running Windows 7 as your
host OS.

> I have had little incentive to switch over to Windows on an occasional
> basis. Recently, I was thinking of running something like TurboPascal.
>
> Bill
From: Salmon Egg on 25 Jan 2010 20:14
In article <zrl7n.61014$Db2.9398(a)edtnps83>,
me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly) wrote:

> No. It's less than useless. Virtual PC, being a PowerPC app, will run
> in Rosetta, and then run Windows under emulation. Extremely slow and
> inefficient. Use Boot Camp from Apple (free) or try Parellels to run
> Windows natively on your Mac.

I realize that. I was wondering if the Windows inside Virtual PC disks
can be used with boot camp or other such applications so I do not have
to patronize Microsoft as much as they would like me to.

Bill

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From: Steve Hix on 25 Jan 2010 20:15
In article <zrl7n.61014$Db2.9398(a)edtnps83>,
me(a)home.spamsucks.ca (Kir�ly) wrote:

> Salmon Egg <SalmonEgg(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > I bought Virtual PC with Windows X Pro (IIRC). Is that of any use with a
> > modernMac using Intel chips and Snow Leopard?
>
> No. It's less than useless. Virtual PC, being a PowerPC app, will run
> in Rosetta, and then run Windows under emulation. Extremely slow and
> inefficient. Use Boot Camp from Apple (free) or try Parellels to run
> Windows natively on your Mac.

MS still supports/sells Virtual PC, but it's not for running Windows on
non-intel hardware. Virtual PC 2007 claims that it requires Windows 7 as
the only supported host OS.
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