Virtual PC - Or anything similar ?

thehitmen · thehitmen #1 (**permalink**)

07-18-2009, 02:29 AM

Does anyone know where i can get a copy of virtual pc?

Got a powerbook G4 i would like to put windows on. The problem is i can't find it anywhere?

Have they discontinued it or somthing? If so is there anything which is good? I have tried that Q but its crap and 90% of the users get the same problem in that it hangs at 39% of the installation.

All the best.

wmprice1240 · wmprice1240 #2 (**permalink**)

07-18-2009, 11:00 AM

I believe older versions of Office 2004 provided Virtual PC in some version. There are a few vendors out there that still have it:

PROVANTAGE.COM: Microsoft S65-00642 VRTPCFORMAC7.0MACENGDISKKITMVLCD

Search around a bit, you will find it.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #3 (**permalink**)

07-18-2009, 06:07 PM

And you are going to be disappointed with its performance believe you me. Slow as slow, flakey and unstable if the Virtual Machine memory is set anywhere above 256MB, particularly so on a G4 as VP7 was designed for G5 processors, and is slow on that! As a suggestion look for a laptop PC, say a Pentium 4 2GHz which are quite cheap.

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thehitmen #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 22, 2009 Posts: 40	07-18-2009, 02:29 AM Does anyone know where i can get a copy of virtual pc? Got a powerbook G4 i would like to put windows on. The problem is i can't find it anywhere? Have they discontinued it or somthing? If so is there anything which is good? I have tried that Q but its crap and 90% of the users get the same problem in that it hangs at 39% of the installation. All the best.
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wmprice1240 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: May 02, 2009 Posts: 480 Mac Specs: MBP 2.33 4GB: MacPro 8 Core 2.8, 16GB: MacMini 2.26 4GB: MacMin 2.53 4GB: iPhone3GS 32GB	07-18-2009, 11:00 AM I believe older versions of Office 2004 provided Virtual PC in some version. There are a few vendors out there that still have it: PROVANTAGE.COM: Microsoft S65-00642 VRTPCFORMAC7.0MACENGDISKKITMVLCD Search around a bit, you will find it.
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