Re: [NTLK] Virtual PC

From: Norman Palardy <npalardy_at_great-white-software.com>
Date: Wed Apr 04 2007 - 18:29:22 EDT

On Apr 04, 2007, at 4:16 PM, Andy Hill wrote:

> Hi there
>
> I was wondering whether running an early version of Virtual PC on
> my power
> book would mean I could use programmes (newton related) developed
> to run
> on Windows. Sort of have the best of both worlds.
>
> Does anyone use Virtual PC in this way?
>
> I realised to late when I moved onto a mac that I (and I hate to
> say this)
> preferred the set up I had on a PC. Ah well, better to have tried than
> forever wondered.

Skip virtual pc unless you have an old powerbook where something like
Parallels or VMWare won't run
It's old and very slow

But, if you have no other options yes you can do that but it will be
very slow as it emulated the CPU and all support chips

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