I have a Mac (which I'm not too fond of, but that's not the point) and installed Virtual PC on it. I had hoped that this would allow me to run some programs that are only made to work on PC's. I don't think I have it set up correctly. Do any of you use this program or know enough about it to help me troubleshoot?

Thanks!



~Kim~

 

Sorry you aren't too fond of it

VPC is extremely slow to begin with, so if that is your problem, it's solved. So any processor intensive tasks will be horrendously slow on VPC.

I don't use it regularly, but I have played with it and really, it is slow. Windows 2000 is usually the fastest and I've heard that XP is slow since it is a RAM hog compared to the spare 2000...

But sorry if I can't help anymore

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JerseyGirl
I have a Mac (which I'm not too fond of, but that's not the point) and installed Virtual PC on it.

 

I am sort of stuck w/ my Mac laptop (it was given to me for work & the school board only uses Macs). I was hoping to be able to run VPC so I could use a special geometry program for a grad class I'm taking.

Sounds so far like I'm S.O.L.

 

VPC does not work on the G5..

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by JerseyGirl
I am sort of stuck w/ my Mac laptop (it was given to me for work & the school board only uses Macs).

 

New version of VPC coming out that plays nicely with G5. And if you don't like your Mac you must be doing something wrong.

The only reason not to like Macs is because you are a gamer.

 

I use VPC with my powerbook G4 1.25Ghz.... yeah it's pretty slow - I said screw XP that came with it, and just installed Windows 2000. I pretty much don't run anything else besides VPC when I need to use it, but I even got my VPN networking with it. If you're trying to run VPC on a G5 machine, you'll have to wait for the next release though...

Oh - if your geometry program requires higher-end 3D graphics cards, you'll be stuck too... VPC only emulates a simple graphics card...even if your mac has a good graphics chip...

 

The program's called "Cabri".

You sure about that?

I grew up using PC's. Macs are just "different". There are too many programs out there (that I've come across) that either don't run at all or don't work well on Macs. It's just a bit frustrating.

I have a PowerBook G4 too. So it sounds like it is possible!

Thanks to everyone who responded.


~Kim~

 

JerseyGirl,

I just 'upgraded' from a PC to a G4Powerbook. I have VPC and it runs fine (keep in mind I had a 266MHZ PC so everything is fast in comparison).

Now, as far as recommendations I'd say you get yourself some memory and bump that thing to 768MB +. This will surely add speed to it. It is an old trick for any OS. Just add the RAM that each program uses (of those you'll be using at the same time) and buy an extra 128MB. So if MAC OS Whatever uses 64MB and VPC 64 and XP 256 and your math program 32 then you need to have 512MB Ram at least. Don't forget to change the VPC settings so that the VPC machine has enough memory (as per this rule) to run all the apps (Don't expect XP to be fast if you only give the VPC machine 128MB RAM)

Also defrag your disk (both the MACOS disk and the VPC disk) with a program that moves the swap file to the beginning (the default Windows program doesn't).

Those two things will potentially speed up your computer a good 15-20%. That is how I managed to keep my PC humming for 6 years (Maxed out the ram at 256MB from the beginning)

512MB of RAM for the Powerbook G4 will run you $300 from the apple store (cheaper on the net I am sure). When the time comes you can take it out and sell it or maybe you can ask for it to be paid for by work...