Why is my Virtual PC soooo slow

Danielle Kamp-

Yup, that is what happens. It sounds as though you have normal operation.

This is why MS stopped supporting the program. Leaves us G5 user's one more reason to upgrade an run Windows natively on an iNtel mac.

Luck-

-DaddyPaycheck

Hello! I would agree that VPC is almost worthless and it's much easier to have a cheap pc to run pc apps that you need. You can use a kvm switch and have one monitor and keyboard. Tom

Hi DaddyPaycheck;

I disagree with your reasoning that we should upgrade to an Intel Mac and Windows. So far I have yet to see a valid reason to install Windows on a Mac and in my opinion M$ Office is certainly the poorest excuse for that upgrade. I currently use a PowerMac Quad and when I get my tax return I will be getting a MacBook Pro. I will never have an M$ code on either of these.

In my opinion there are plenty of applications that work much better under OS X then anything M$ has.

Allan

Hello Again! Yes, a KVM switch allows several computers to be connected using one keyboard and monitor. I have the same problem you have needing some PC only apps once in a while. I have used several configurations utilizing Macs and pc's with the KVM. Currently I'm using 4 pc's connected via the kvm. One thing to keep in mind is that if you're gonna use a mac with a pc on a kvm then get a usb type kvm so you can use a usb keyborad and mouse. Most pc's have PSII keyboard and mouse inputs but most newer ones also have usb ports. Some pc's get fussy if they don't have a PSII keyboard and mouse connected at startup. To get around this issue I just leave a PSII keyboard and mouse connected to them and sitting on top of them out of the way. Tom

Wait for Intel's 45nm Penryn and then Nehalem which can make huge strides in virtualization. There are already reviews of running 3 Windows 2003 Server on an Xserve quite successfully.

VMWare has even better support coming out.

Danielle, I use VPC to run ONE application on my dual 2 G5. I have both Win 2000 and XP installed and 2000 is much faster. Usable at least. XP is too graphics heavy and slow on my G5. You might consider 2000 if you HAVE to run windows.

Hi Allan-

You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but note that I mentioned it was one more reason.

I still haven't got enough reasons to upgrade yet.

Luck-

-DaddyPaycheck

Hi DaddyPaycheck;

I have to use a Windoze laptop for work. Luckily they have deskside support so whenever anything goes wrong with the laptop I just give it to them and say; Handle it! Handle it!

Since this experience with anything from M$ has left a bad taste in my mouth, I certainly don't want to repeat it with my computer at home. So far I have not found any reason to change my mind on M$ since it offers nothing I want or need.

Allan

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