VPC is fine for easy tasks, like browsing a website that requires IE6 or even educational cames. Where it fails is disk access and video. Disk access is very slow, especially on NTFS vollumes as everything is translated from the PC file format into the Mac file format and back. Video is the same, with the program emulating an S3 video card in software, meaning the Mac's video card draws VPC, which then draws the Windows desktop in software.
I've done a few tests on my 1GHz 12" PowerBook (128MB allocated to Windows 2000) and find that it does math almost twice as fast as the Pentium 266 MMX laptop I still use, but actually feels more like my old Pentium 133 laptop (non MMX) in operation. Even the 133 has more fluid screen draws and is fast at disk intensive tasks (like installing software), while VPC is faster for computational tasks such as applying a photoshop filter. Andrew --- Richard Bae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've run VPC 6 on a powerbook 12" 867 and a powermac > dual 1.42. There > is some difference between them but the biggest > thing is ram, the more > you can allocate to VPC the more noticeable > improvement you will see. > I would have to disagree with the half the speed > statement. I've ran > windows xp on a pII 400MHz with 384MB of ram and it > ran circles around > the 12" 867 powerbook with 400 MB of ram allocated > to the XP VPC and > even on the dual 1.42 with 512 allocated ram for xp > it was still very > noticeably slower than the PII machine. > > In your situation running autocad, I would say > you're going to need a > pc still to use it, that is quite a demand program > to be emulated on > mac. But who knows how good VPC 7 may be. I'm not > betting much on it > but its always a possibility. > > > -Richard Bae > > On 3 May 2004, at 13.31, Wade Dunham wrote: > > > I'm looking for feedback from anyone who has used > Virtual PC 6 with a > > Mac that's faster than mine (B&W G3-450, 768mb > memory). I tried using > > it for a while, running Windows 2000 Professional. > It worked OK, but > > was fairly slow. I set up a P2-350 PC with 384mb > memory, and it is much > > faster. I'm wondering if a faster Mac will make > much difference. > > > > I really would like to use the Mac exclusively, > but I do need to get > > work done. The primary use for Virtual PC is to > run AutoCAD 2000. > > > > Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > > Wade Dunham > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > > > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > > > > -- > > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Refurbished Drives > > | > > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! > | & CDRWs on Sale! > > | > > > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > > > G-List list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > > > > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
