On Aug 5, 2010, at 8:22 AM, Christopher Clarke wrote: > Hi, > Your iMac G5 cant run Windows via either. You need a iMac with an Intel Core > Duo , Core 2 Duo, i3, i5 or i7 Processor to do so. Your only option is to use > a program such as Virtual PC for Mac to emulate an Intel CPU. > Chris :) > It should also be pointed out that Virtual PC is stupidly slow, even on a fast dual-processor G5. Emulating an operating system that was designed to run on a CISC processor on a RISC based processor machine majorly slowed the works down. Microsoft drove the final nail in that coffin when they bought out Connectix and released their horrible version of VPC. The modern "successor" to Virtual PC is a program called "Q" which is open-source freeware. It isn't any faster than Virtual PC, but the price is right at least. If you REALLY need to run Windows on your Mac, get an Intel system, you'll be very disappointed with the amount of waiting and coffee-fetching you'll do with Virtual PC or Q.
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