i use virtual-pc at home on a 8600/250 it's indeed an emulator, but you can install any intel-based os on that one, and it works really fast (much faster than my pc, but it's a mere 100 mhz pentium) now a g3 is even faster than my mac, and i've -seen- people do comparison tests, and the g3 with virtual pc was faster (don't know any of the specs, wasn't that interested, but heard it was the newest dell - a week ago) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Koen van Hees E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LdV/Partners Ad Agency http://www.ldv.com Balansstraat 117 B-2018 Antwerp (Belgium) T: +32-3-2410250 F: +32-3-2487344 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael A. Stone [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: vrijdag 8 mei 1998 3:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: WC:>: Rhapsody coming this year? > > >As I've mentioned to a few other people on this list, I'm seriously > >considering buying a G3 later this year, especially if it will run my > >Windoze apps reasonably fast. I realize that the Mac OS8 won't do this > >without either a software emulator (which apparently is painfully slow) > or > > i just installed RealPC on my dad's new G3, and it seems to run his Win > software at a reasonable pace. and Kathy posted a message a couple weeks > ago which described a head-to-head comparison between a G3/emulator and a > Wintel machine.. in that test, they came out about equal. the URL of the > article she cited was: > > http://www.macosrumors.com/thinkfast.html > > > > >But when is Rhapsody actually going to be available? The year-old > articles > >I'm finding about it say "mid-1998". Well, we're almost there and it > seems > >there is no recent news. What do you hear? > > AFAIK, it's still slated for public release in Q3 '98. if you really > want > the lowdown, check in to the developer's conference they're doing next > week: > > http://devworld.apple.com/wwdc98/os.html > > > they're scheduled to do a lot of high-level technical discussion on what > makes Rhapsody tick, and (of course) how utterly cool it is. > > > > > > mike stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now > Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants > If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done > directly from our website for all our lists. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
