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syncman · Apr 10, 2005, 12:02 PM

Ok i tried installing Virtual PC on my 12"pb. However i havent managed to upgrade the RAM yet. So my question is how well will VPC run on 768mb's of RAM? Or is a 1Gb stick a must?
Thanx
Syncman

bovie · Apr 10, 2005, 01:17 PM

How fast is your proc. I found that windows xp ran slower on my 1Ghz 768mb ram 12in than on my 300mhz 160mb ram IBM thinkpad.

syncman · Apr 10, 2005, 03:20 PM

erm.. 1.33Ghz

TailsToo · Apr 10, 2005, 07:35 PM

Originally posted by bovie:
How fast is your proc. I found that windows xp ran slower on my 1Ghz 768mb ram 12in than on my 300mhz 160mb ram IBM thinkpad.

my 1.67 isn't much faster than my TI was at VPC, even with 1GB of RAM

bovie · Apr 10, 2005, 07:49 PM

Virtual PC is just too slow unless, you have a dual 2Ghz G5 or faster. Even then it is too slow. You might try windows 2k instead.

[APi]TheMan · Apr 10, 2005, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by bovie:
Virtual PC is just too slow unless, you have a dual 2Ghz G5 or faster. Even then it is too slow. You might try windows 2k instead.

Windows 2000 runs pretty well on my 1.25 Ghz 15" with 1.25 GB of RAM on 10.3.8. I made the mistake of trying Windows XP under Mac OS X on my 400 mhz Pismo about 3 years ago and I nearly killed someone. I'm gonna stick with Windows 2000 for now.

hldan · Apr 10, 2005, 08:45 PM

Originally posted by bovie:
Virtual PC is just too slow unless, you have a dual 2Ghz G5 or faster. Even then it is too slow. You might try windows 2k instead.

That is so NOT true! That's riduculous. I have a 17" Powerbook 1.33Ghz. I have 2GB ram and VPC7 runs great with Win2000. There's no way it will tackle a Pentium but it definitely runs better than some of the latest celerons which says a lot considering it's really a Mac that you are running and not a physical PC. I use it for a few of my business apps or when internet explorer for windows is required for a specific web sight.

If you are going to tell somebody that a even a dual 2Ghz is too slow then Microsoft wouldn't be making money off this product if it was that bad and this point you should just tell the poster to buy a physical PC.

asodamiac · Apr 10, 2005, 09:03 PM

why would people move to this virtual pc? does it basically make your mac a pc? or.. do you still get the benefits of a mac and be able to use an OS that you are more comfortable with?

olePigeon · Apr 10, 2005, 10:03 PM

Originally posted by asodamiac:
why would people move to this virtual pc? does it basically make your mac a pc? or.. do you still get the benefits of a mac and be able to use an OS that you are more comfortable with?

It's so you can run applications that are Windows only, like Autocad, some accounting and/or database, or to do development for Windows only programming languages like Java.. err, I mean C#.

hldan · Apr 10, 2005, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by asodamiac:
why would people move to this virtual pc? does it basically make your mac a pc? or.. do you still get the benefits of a mac and be able to use an OS that you are more comfortable with?

Virtual PC is one the best apps ever made for the Macintosh. Sometimes people have one or two basic programs that are PC only and don't want to have a physical PC just to run them. Virtual PC keeps people from having to be stuck with using a PC when they prefer to use a Mac. It does require a fast Mac but most Macs that are 1Ghz and above with at least 1GB of ram will enjoy all the benefits of both worlds on one computer.
Emulation software has become quite popular. There are PC programs out now that run Mac OSX so PC users can enjoy the Mac experience one computer.

bovie · Apr 10, 2005, 10:49 PM

well it gets better all the time however, I just assume to pull out my IBM Thinkpad or Use microsoft remote desktop to talk to my Windows 2003 Server.

asodamiac · Apr 10, 2005, 11:17 PM

so with virtual pc.. would it make your mac.. run under windows xp? or is it some kind of separate program that just allows you to use the windows only apps?

bovie · Apr 11, 2005, 01:24 AM

A separate program that runs in a window, It lets you run windows programs on your mac. Kinda like classic lets you run os 9 programs on your os x machine.

iluvmymactoo · Apr 11, 2005, 07:48 AM

I have VPC 7 and XP Home. I haven't installed it yet on my PowerBook as I'm waiting for Tiger to be released.

All I want it for is to test websites under a Windows platform.

Anyone with similar specs to mine had any experience with VPC 7 and XP Home?

sieb · Apr 11, 2005, 09:14 AM

I run VPC on my 15" 1.2GHz PB with 768MB of ram. I give 256MBs to the VM when its running. Running XP is fine if you disable all the bells and whistles, not as snappy as a PC since its emulating but still fast enough to use. I have also found that disabling the network adaptor in XP when your not using it helps to speed it up a bit.

RTB · Apr 11, 2005, 09:50 AM

Sieb,

How do you disable the network adaptor in XP on VPC 7?