[question] Virtualpc

Say I have the following Mac:

1.2 Ghz G4 iBook

786mb Ram

etc etc...

Would Virtual PC smoothly run non-intensive applications? Is there any natural lag in the program just navigating through the OS?

Thank you,

-dav

#191069

Ahahaha.. Is there any natural lag..

Ahahahahaha!

Sorry that's just really funny. I tried running Fedora Core One on my eMac (1GHz G4, 640MB RAM, etc so not too different), and it took about 6-7 seconds to just open a folder.. I didn't dare open an application.. In two words; totally unusable.

Seriously, unless you're willing to work at 5-7% of your normal pace, and pray nothing buggers up - then don't use VPC.

It hurts.

#191089

for non-CPU-intensive tasks, i can't see a reason to run VPC anyway since simple tasks should be convered by little 3rd-party apps written for OS X or otherwise included with the system install, such as textedit, preview, etc.

#191101

And some people where actually seriously recommending this for games, lol. Except those people also don't play games in the first place.

#191274

Dude you could so play solitaire on VPC. Altho viewing the high score list took 3 seconds to load on my ibook g4

#191339

Solitare, hardcore! :rolleyes: Not quite what I meant when I said Games, :lol:

#191352

Originally posted by smoke@Jul 18 2004, 08:49 PM
And some people where actually seriously recommending this for games, lol. Except those people also don't play games in the first place.

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It would be quicker to wait for a port of whatever it is.. Anyway there are some excellent freeware games available for the Mac (usually cross-platform).. Like BZFlag, Armagetron (currently addicted to). And plenty of retail ones.. Must. Buy. UT2004.

#191452