VirtualBox looks too techie for me... I'm a graphic designer not that techie although I'm interested in tech stuff to a point
Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Dec 12, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Elliott Price wrote: > > >> Since VPC is made by Bloatware itself, (aka Microsoft) it runs VERY >> VERY slowly. Our 667Mhz Mac had trouble running XP with VPC. If you >> really do want to run Windows on your Mac in an emulator, I would go >> with something simpler like VirtualBox (I think that's what it's >> called, not quite sure) or Parallels or Fusion on intel Macs. >> > > > <headdesk headdesk> > > Emulators != VIrtual Machines > > VPC was not slow because it was made by Microsoft. It was slow BECAUSE > IT'S AN EMULATOR. Every single bit of machine code that goes into > running things has to be translated to the host CPU. It was just as > slow when it was made by Connectix. > > VirtualBox, Parallels or Fusion are NOT emulators. They are Virtual > Machines, which is something considerably different. The code i them > runs at nearly native speeds since no translation needs to be done. > > Systems run on hypervisors are even faster. I can run four or five > servers on one decent box with modern hypervisors like Xen. Heck, on > the appropriate hardware (like an IBM Mainframe) I can run *hundreds*. > IBM claims that with the appropriate hardware you can run over a > thousand Linux servers on one of it's modern mainframes. > > > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
