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VIRTUAL PC 6 FOR MAC W/XP HOME

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I've owned two copies of virtual pc and there have been no improvements despite connectix's claims of a better program. The only improvements I've seen are the improvements to the windows operating system. I have a G4 power mac 788mhz processor with 80gb of HD and over 1000 MB of RAM. The virtual pc causes the entire computer to shut down if I run two or more browser windows at the same time. I bought this program so I can run windows based software when there isn't a mac version available, but the hassles far outweigh the benefits and it will be to my advantage to just buy a pc and use it along with the mac.

My Windows laptop is going on the blink--has trouble powering up. I figured, it was time to get a new computer. I decided to go Mac and bought a new OS X mac. I also bought this software as there are a couple of Windows programs that I need to run which do not have a Mac version. After about 10 tries, I was finally able to install the software. But when I tried to install applications (via Control Panel --> Add programs), all I got was a busy hour glass then cursor..no program install. When I tried to view the Win XP tutorial, my computer froze and I had to turn off the power switch of my Mac. I then uninstalled the Virtual PC 6 software. It would have been much better to have just used the money for this program for a used PC for the programs I still need to run. Not worth the time and aggravation. Be careful what you wish for.

Although I don't have the most current Macintosh, I do have a dual processor 500 mhz G4. I found that VPC ran far too slow to make it useful. I removed the software from my computer and purchased a laptop windows pc which worked very well. I would use caution in buying this product if you are expecting it to work quickly.

Need to run Windows software on a Mac? Then buy Virtual PC. The software runs in 9 and X. Not all software will run "smoothly". If you need to run a small application, then Virtual PC is fine, but if you want to run something that is CPU intensive, like a game or anything that uses a lot of graphics then Virtual PC isn't the right way to go. In this case, buy or build a PC. I've had to run numerical analysis applications on Windows, so I tried Virtual PC. It was so sluggish, I couldn't get any work done. I had to resort to building a PC.

I installed it on my 12" powerbook (G4 867 w/640m) running panther. Installation was slow but painless. I bought it because I needed to access my company's site which uses Citrix for webmail & MS office apps. Citrix doesn't work on the Mac browser, ie or safari. Well, it doesn't work in Virtual PC either. I tried to allocate more memory, close all other Mac apps, started VPC from a clean boot-up & nothing. It would time-out, applets wouldn't start... all from just trying to run through ie. I'm disappointed. BTW, under "System" in the control panal in VPC/WinXP, I was runing a 686 540m processor. It seemed more like a 386 runing at 100mh.