>This strikes me as arbitrary. Virtual PC does not take up any >significant processor cycles, unless you are running a Win program, so >the only practical objection would be A) the cost or B) the disk space. >Cross-grading Fin from Mac to Win is no more costly than any Fin >upgrade. They come on the same disc. Virtual PC does have an associated >cost (c. $200 last time I checked), most of which is the Win license. I >can accept cost as an objection, but not disc space, and not the >nebulous objection quoted above.
I don't really think I need to explain why configuring an OS within an emulator in another OS is unattractive. I've used Virtual PC with Win 98 SE, Win XP and Win 2000 - it's buggy and has a tremendous performance hit, things don't work at anything like native windows speed. It also absolutely requires you to learn and manage another OS, another whole font library etc. etc. - when you are your own IT department there's a lot to be said for keeping it simple. Where does this idea comes from that VPC functions only as a window server? (and I use the term in a unix sense) - it doesn't, and it doesn't make an argument to pretend that one day it might, as I doubt it ever will. -- Simon Troup Digital Music Art _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
