Virtual PC on a G3 iMac

with OS X Panther and 640 megs or RAM. would it run really slow or would it even run a all? the guy at the Apple here in Salt Lake, said that it might not even work on a G3. any ideas?

thanks

wow. no one knows?

I have not tried it on an iMac G3 but it should work but will be slow. It's slow on a Dual 2.5 G5.

I never saw your message and few would have even messed with it on a imac g3 because it would be VERY SLOW.

It should work but don't expect much.

VPC is SLOW at it's best.

well for school we get software that we gotta look at or whatever. what other options do i have besides getting a PC or Intel Mac.

None really, sorry! (There are other emulation apps out there, but none run as well as virtual PC)

But Virtual PC will run in slow motion mode on a G3. I mean "move mouse pointer, get a coffee, click, make a sandwich etc.).

ya screw that. i might as well get an intel.

SeVeN said:

ya screw that. i might as well get an intel.

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If you really need to run some PC Apps at school, I would say your best bet if you like Macs and OSX is get an Intel Mac and install either Bootcamp with a separate install of windows or Parallels if there will be no gaming involved as you can run the apps very fast right on your OSX desktop in a window. That would work great for your school and the apps they give you.

You're better off getting an intel mac, virtual pc is barely usable on my iBook G4, windows xp takes like 3 minutes to boot, and after that, it's basically unusable.

Yeah, I also suggest an intelmac & parallels.

SeVeN said:

with OS X Panther and 640 megs or RAM. would it run really slow or would it even run a all? the guy at the Apple here in Salt Lake, said that it might not even work on a G3. any ideas?

thanks

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I used to use it at work on an Imac DV had to use windows 98 though anything else was unbarable.