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Virtual PC 6.0/6.1 and Pismo Powerbook
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: CT
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I have a Pismo Powerbook (400Mhz) and I was wondering if Virtual PC 6.0 would even run on it, or should I just find version 5 and use that?
The minimum requirement is supposed to be a 500 Mhz G3, but I was wondering if anyone has gotten it to run on a 400 Mhz G3? I would only be using it for DOS based applications, no windows or anything else.
Any help is appreaciated.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Tehran, reprocessing spent fuel rods for my nuclear weapons programme.
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it's going to be very slow. useless really. for what it costs, you could pick up an aging windows box to run dos on. hell, I've still got the installation diskettes somewhere.
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Life in a theocracy is all good for nobody.
My mullahs, we da last ones left.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Nonsense!!! I installed 6.0.1 on a 400 Pismo running XP Home (of all OS') just fine.
The key is RAM!!! Get 1GB, turn-off ALL other applications when running VPC, quit the PC List AND quit the Finder (use Cockail for option in menu).
You'll get very reasonable speed for general PC apps. Just forget anything using sound, graphics or video.
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Canastota, New York
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I use Windows NT 4 with VPC 6 on my Pismo 400/384 RAM
Works just fine. Stable like Win2k and WinXP, but WinNT only uses 22MB of RAM
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: CT
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I managed to install it with no problems, now I'm waiting for a 512 RAM upgrade to arrive.
Thanks for the help!
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2001
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Just forget anything using sound, graphics or video.
So, DOS programs only, then? 
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: May 2003
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I asked a similar question once and the best answer I got was to run it in Mac OS 9 since Mac OS X is too graphics intensive:
Virtual PC on a 600 iBook
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: In a gadda da vida.
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I've had it running on a Pismo 400 and it's dog slow, might be good for chekcing out if a website works on the PC, but not for graphics work.
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