Re: [Audyssey] windows xp mode
Hi Josh, Yes, VMWare definitely does work better than Virtual PC. I've got an older copy of VMWare for Linux and I have run XP via VMWare before and it runs decently. Better to run it natively, of course, but acceptable if you want to run Windows side by side with something like Mac OS, Linux, etc. On 7/14/10, Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com wrote: hi thomas, I hear that vmware will run xp a lot better than microsoft virtual pc so maybe I'll have better luck with jim's games running in vmware instead of microsoft's virtual pc xp mode. Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] windows xp mode and games
Hi Josh, So does that mean that you are trying to get my games to run on a Mac that is emulating Windows 7 64 bit? Maybe that is the problem. Maybe the files from WinKit are not getting installed like they would on a real PC running real Windows 7. Or that they are not able to be used correctly in the emulator. BFN - Original Message - Hi well here we go folks. I'm gunna go over to the windows7 64bit side of my macbook pro and install the windows xp mode which is all it is is it is windows xp running inside a virtual machine. Then once I'm in my virtualized xp then I'll try again to run jim kitchen's games. thank Travis for virtual machines and stuff! Josh Kennedy jkenn...@gmail.com Jim Hey you know that Mac you got, is it a big Mac? j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] windows xp mode and games
Hi Jim, No, Apple's Bootcamp software doesn't work that way. Windows 7 is not being emulated on his Mac. What Bootcamp basically does is allow a Mac user to resize his/her hard drive to make Mac OS X run side by side with Windows. The user then installs Windows 7 etc on that free partition and then is allowed to select Windows 7 or Mac OS when the computer starts. That way Windows 7 essentually runs as though it was on a standard PC because it is not being virtualized. For example, I have a similar setup on my Compaq notebook with Windows 7 32bit and Ubuntu Linux 10. I installed Windows 7 to the hard drive, and then resized the main partition to roughly half the size of the drive, created free space for another operating system, and then installed Ubuntu Linux 10 to that free partition on my hard drive using its own file system etc. Since Linux comes with a boot manager, Grub, I installed that to the master boot record so now when I push the power button to start my laptop I get a menu with an option to start Windows 7 or Ubuntu 10. Neither operating system is emulated or virtualized, and are physically installed to the machine natively just using separate partitions of the hard drive. Mac's Bootcamp works basically the same way. Now, what Window 7's XP mode is basically Windows XP being run in Virtual PC. It is slow, sluggish, memory intensive, etc. It really doesn't work very well at all because it is being virtualized/emulated. On 7/14/10, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote: Hi Josh, So does that mean that you are trying to get my games to run on a Mac that is emulating Windows 7 64 bit? Maybe that is the problem. Maybe the files from WinKit are not getting installed like they would on a real PC running real Windows 7. Or that they are not able to be used correctly in the emulator. BFN --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
Re: [Audyssey] windows xp mode and games again
Hi Josh, Thank you for the explanation of how your computer is operating. I still though think that my games may not be running because your computer is a Mac. The only reason I say that is because you are the only person that I know of that has not been able to get my games to run in Windows 7, 32 or 64 bit. People on this list have, people on another blind gamers list have, individuals that have written and called me have and they have talked about friends that have. BFN Jim Hey you know that Mac you got, is it a big Mac? j...@kitchensinc.net http://www.kitchensinc.net (440) 286-6920 Chardon Ohio USA --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
