vpc on an imac

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vpc on an imac

Hi
I run a lot of apps on my emac using virtual pc 6 running xp pro. I am thinking of upgrading to an imac because it gets annoying to have to work (and wait) for five hours a day on vpc. I know I would need to upgrade for g5. Could you please tell me your emulation speed. This can be found my going to start>programs>applications>system tools>system infomation.

My emulatiopn is 533mhz. I want to make sure that I would see a speed boost. Thanks

emac 1 ghz. 512mb, Mac OS X (10.3.8)

Posted on Dec 4, 2005 5:19 PM

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Answer 1

Bob Gold

Level 4

1,397 points

Dec 4, 2005 6:12 PM in response to Patrick Allin1

Hi Patrick,

I have 512Mb allocated to VPC 7.0.2 on my 1.8 Gh iMac G5. I've got 1.25 Gb ram. Below you'll find the data from my system information screen.

Hope it helps

Bob
(don't know why my emulation speed is slower than yours...505 mhz)
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name BOBSVIRTUALPC
System Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Model Virtual Machine
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 4 Virtual CPU ~505 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 080002, 8/14/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp sp2rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name BOBSVIRTUALPC\Administrator
Time Zone Alaskan Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 64.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 372.54 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 866.90 MB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

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Answer 2

Berndt

Level 1

100 points

Dec 5, 2005 12:36 PM in response to Patrick Allin1

The whole emulation process "eats" about two thirds of your CPU speed so Windows is left with the remaining third. There is not much difference for VPC 6.1.1 or 7.0.2 in this respect. Virtual PC 7 needs Windows XP or 2000 to run smoothly but has advantages over VPC 6 like using the Mac's printer without any problems.

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