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- August 16th, 2005, 12:27 PM #1
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Windows XP On 10.3 700mhz G4 You Know whats extremely funny is I have a pentium 4 and a whole lot of macs and Virtual PC on My Mac runs XP 30 times faster than my 1.2ghz PC
its that awesome only if apple and IBM Joined together they would be a lot better off.
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- August 16th, 2005, 01:10 PM #2
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- August 16th, 2005, 01:52 PM #3
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Originally Posted by lordofrealbasic
Maybe I am mistaken, but isn't the PowerPC processor (G3/G4/G5) made by IBM?
I am impressed with your results running VirtualPC on your mac, I have a 1GHZ G4 eMac with VPC/windows xp on it, and VPC runs so slow it is almost unbearable for me!!
EDIT: Lordofrealbasic, your website appears to not be working. I use RB too, was looking forward to a new site on the subject.Last edited by mambopanda; August 16th, 2005 at 02:02 PM.
- August 16th, 2005, 03:02 PM #4
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Both IBM and Motorola (now "Freescale") make PowerPC chips. Apple used primarily Motorola chips in the beginning, and IBM chips more recently, but has used both in their machines for quite a few years.
I still don't see how Apple teaming up with IBM will make them produce better chips for the Macintosh platform, especially in light of the fact that we won't be using PowerPC chips much longer. That's like saying that Apple teaming up with Western Digital (or Seagate, or Intel, or Belkin, or ATi, or NVidia) would make both companies better off... ???2009 Mac mini 2.0GHz • 2010 MacBook Air 11" • 2010 MacBook Pro 13" • LED 24" Cinema Display
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- August 16th, 2005, 04:59 PM #5
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I hate to be a jerk, but there is no way VPC on your Mac should be running faster than a similar class real PC.
We've got VPC running on several machines and at best, it's tolerable, but NEVER anywhere near as fast as the real thing."You are" = you're • "It is" = it's • It's really that simple
- August 16th, 2005, 06:18 PM #6
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Unless, of course, the real PC is filled up with viruses and spyware, and the freshly installed Virtual PC isn't.I hate to be a jerk, but there is no way VPC on your Mac should be running faster than a similar class real PC.- iMac G5 1.8GHZ 17" | SuperDrive | 160GB | 512MB | Airport Extreme | Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse | Wacom Intuos II
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- August 16th, 2005, 06:18 PM #7
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If his PC was infected with a few bugs, VPC on a Mac might actually run XP faster. It's amazing how much a virus can cripple even the latest machines (AMD64s for example).
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- August 16th, 2005, 06:22 PM #8
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...but then the comparison is moot, since those are technically two different operating systems.
Might as well say, "My G5 beats my VCR hands-down."2009 Mac mini 2.0GHz • 2010 MacBook Air 11" • 2010 MacBook Pro 13" • LED 24" Cinema Display
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