Comments on: For all your slow Windows needs http://highearthorbit.com/for-all-your-slow-windows-needs/ Transmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Will http://highearthorbit.com/for-all-your-slow-windows-needs/#comment-33643 Will Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:00:36 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/for-all-your-slow-windows-needs/#comment-33643 VPC http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.media/32_moleman1.gif Parallels (per Ars) http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.media/33_moleman2.gif VPC
http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.media/32_moleman1.gif

Parallels (per Ars)
http://media.arstechnica.com/reviews/apps/parallels.media/33_moleman2.gif

]]> By: Will http://highearthorbit.com/for-all-your-slow-windows-needs/#comment-33563 Will Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:33:56 +0000 http://highearthorbit.com/for-all-your-slow-windows-needs/#comment-33563 VPC is free, but not the Windows license. I know I'm not the only one who finds it odd that Microsoft will not update VPC to run on Intel chips. The last update was over a year ago, to fix incompatabilities with Tiger. VPC runs on G4 and G5 systems (not well, as you found out), but not on the latest and greatest. When I had it installed, I found that I rarely used it except to jump into a mapping program. If there's a work around, not matter how kludgy, I'm tempted to use the work around than enter the VPC world. Sadly, I may have to purchase Parallels if only to run IE so that I can see the navigation frame of a website constructed with .Net frameworks. And that would be the only reason. VPC is free, but not the Windows license.

I know I’m not the only one who finds it odd that Microsoft will not update VPC to run on Intel chips. The last update was over a year ago, to fix incompatabilities with Tiger.

VPC runs on G4 and G5 systems (not well, as you found out), but not on the latest and greatest.

When I had it installed, I found that I rarely used it except to jump into a mapping program. If there’s a work around, not matter how kludgy, I’m tempted to use the work around than enter the VPC world.

Sadly, I may have to purchase Parallels if only to run IE so that I can see the navigation frame of a website constructed with .Net frameworks. And that would be the only reason.

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