Virtual PC on Mac Book Pro?

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Virtual PC on Mac Book Pro?

I have recently bought a mac book pro 17' which has a 2.16 GHz Intel Dual core processor. I really need to run virtual pc on it (unfortunately!). On the Microsoft office & virtual pc package I have it reads that it is compatible with G3, G4, G5 processors. Does anyone have experience with Microsoft virtual PC on a Mac like mine? Which "G" does this Mac actually have??

Many thanks!
Michael

Mac Book Pro 17', Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on May 14, 2007 6:20 PM

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mecklists

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May 14, 2007 7:06 PM in response to mike3333

Hi Michael!

Virtual PC can only run on PowerPC Macs, not on your Intel Mac. The "G" products stop at "G5" and then the Mac Pro line starts.

The alternative is to use Parallels <http://www.parallels.com> or Boot Camp <http://www.apple.com/bootcamp>. However, you can't use the Windows OS that came with Virtual PC. You'll need to use a full retail copy.

Hope this helps! bill

1 GHz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

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May 15, 2007 7:50 AM in response to mike3333

Mike,

I just switched to a MacBook Pro. I was previously using VPC 7 and I'm not using parallels. It really rocks and is far superior to VPC and so much faster. It has a great facility to automatically import your VPC image. You don't even need to reinstall your OS and applications... it does everything.

Good luck

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