Jim,
I have been using Virtual PC v6 on a 12" Powerbook 1.33ghz etc so mine will not be a direct comparison to your setup. I have win 2000 and I use primarily business software, (Autocad 2000) and it works actually pretty good. I can't imagine it on a slower setup. If you need the odd PC program and can live with it being a bit slower (depends on what you want to run) it may work out alright. VPC is supposed to be around 20-25% faster than previous versions and from what I have seen (comparing to a 1ghz iBook with VPC 5 it is significantly faster. I bought the Powerbook to replace a PC portable that died and so far it has been great. Max the ram in your computer and stay away from XP as they really need a lot of ram etc to run. Win98SE runs maybe a touch faster than win 2000 but either one is good.
On May 19, 2004, at 9:13 PM, Jim Scolman wrote:
Hi All, any thoughts, ideas, DIRECT EXPERIENCE with MS Virtual PC 6.1 and Panther 10.3.3 ? I am using a Pismo/400, 640MB RAM, lots of fast HD, and Panther 10.3.3. PLEASE no rants about why, or M$, or the Dark Side. This is a business decision and I only want to use on laptop, so only real experience please. Thanks for your thought, Jim.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________
.................................................. Jim Scolman
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