- Platform: Mac
- Media: CD-ROM
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29 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Pure stress....,
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This review is from: Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.1 with Windows XP Pro [Old Version] (CD-ROM)
This is absolutely the most aggravating program I've ever used in my life. I have to use it for only one program that I have, an online postage program, which doesn't exist in the Mac world.I run a 1ghz flat panel Imac, a fairly speedy Mac. But running a Windows program in Virtual PC, it runs like a 100Mhz pc....it's pitiful. But, the only option for some Mac users that need to run Windows applications. Virtual Pc is a necessary evil, and I'm glad it exists....but geez, some work needs to be done on it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
ITS SO SLOW IT HURTZ,
By JeffLatt (Houston, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.1 with Windows XP Pro [Old Version] (CD-ROM)
When I first started up Virtual PC with Windows XP/Professional [aka VPC+XP/P] on a 1.2 GHz Apple iBook G4 with 320 Mb RAM dedicated to VPC I thought that it had locked up --- but Windows XP was just very very very very slow coming up. The box says 20% faster but I can't even imagine what it must have been like on the minimum recommended processor. Pull-down menus sometimes take a couple of minutes to respond. VPC+XP/P may work OK on a Mac 2.5 GHz desktop with a 333 MHz bus, but it sure is NOT appropriate on an Apple iBook with only 133 MHz. Updating XP with REQUIRED security updates from Microsoft took well over 2 hours to install. After the software was updated with the required updates, the capability to view VPC as a drive on the OS X side stopped working completely and has never returned. The iBook's CD/DVD Superdrive only provides read-only capability to Windows XP. Also, I couldn't get my Visor Platinum to sync with the Palm desktop for XP software through either of the iBook's USB ports. Quite frankly, VPC+XP/P is just NOT worth the frustration one experiences running it on an Apple iBook. Perhaps when Microsoft finishes the new version for the G5 processor and dual processors are used on a 3 GHz desktop, then and only then, will there be a possibility that this software might be reasonably responsive. In the meantime I would recommend instead buying an inexpensive non-Mac laptop or desktop PC if one absolutely must run Windows-only software. It'll be less painful that way.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Minimum requirement: SuperComputer to make this product run.,
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This review is from: Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac 6.1 with Windows XP Pro [Old Version] (CD-ROM)
Advertised 25% faster.. OMG! If it was any slower it would be stopped. I made a mistake with my G4 1 gig Powerbook of installing just 128 megs of ram on my first install due to I only had 512 megs of physical ram. Not even worth running.. even Solitaire runs like a dog. So I upped my laptop to a full gig & made 512 ram available to my next XP install thinking "problem solved". No difference, No exaggeration.. slow slow slow. To be honest, if it ran at a good or even acceptable level.. it would be really nice. It is very easy to configure, the support is great: sound, nic, video configuration all works very well. Very Very pricey tho, prolly need a dual G5 to bring it up to an acceptable level.
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