MS already removed the linux side of things in VPC. The xbox SDK will surely run under it, so you seriously still should consider getting a PC.
Dell's price is not high and that's 130% of the price for a good abit or asus clone. You can actually buy a good PC for the price of a 40GB ipod in the far east or US for sure! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Michael > Young > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 17:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Virtual PC vs "Real" PC > > > Sivakatirswami wrote: > > > Thanks for everyone's input. As always, many ways to describe an > > elephant.. > > > > Our Apple repair-lady was here today. She said "Forget VPC, you will > > not only waste time but destabilize your whole system if you plan to do > > anything else on that machine." > > > > But, I would be running VPC on OSX G4 dual-processor desktop model, (in > > another room) to upgraded to a G5 soon... so I think the speed will be > > acceptable. > > > > But productivity can be an issue... fiddling with VPC, vs having a > > little DEL sitting on the corner of my own desk, plugged into the > > network would mean instant review. If you are trying to wrap something > > up in 2 hours... it could mean a lot. > > > > I'll see for now if I can live with VPC and also see if budgets will > > allow for a PC box... > > > > Thanks > > Sivakatirswami > > > > Remember VPC for Mac will not run on G5 yet and this VPC for Mac will > be the first new version put out under the Microsoft label, rather than > Connectix. So who knows if Microsoft will do a good job on this > version. > > http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/using.aspx? > pid=usingvirtualpc > http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx? > pid=comingsoon > > The online tech literature I have read says the VPC 7 for Mac delay is > because Microsoft wanted to get XP SP2 out the door. If you have been > following that story you know hot fixes for SP2 are already coming out. > I don't see how that can help get VPC 7 for Mac out any sooner. Sigh. > > VPC on a modern Mac is slower than all but an ancient PC. Duh. :) > However my wife used VPC 3, 5 and then 6 on a Power Mac (Sawtooth > version) 400 MHz machine with 1 GB RAM for a couple of years to run > Windows 95, 98 and then 2000 primarily so that she could run several > different versions of Windows only Microsoft Money, which is a standard > consumer application. Performance was acceptable. She never had a > glitch from VPC. Things worked like they would on a real PC. She and I > were satisfied. > > HTH, > > Michael Y > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
