With the arival of Virtual Pc I see no reason to build other prototypes from the silent computer (who uses usb instead of harddrive) then for Windows'95 and iBookuse.
link www.macosrumors.com
link www.macosrumors.com
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ah, no. can't do. this makes absolutely no sense, tree.
Has something to do with this... (quote from macrumors)
"How significant is the direct 3D hardware acceleration Microsoft has added to the "alpha" version of VPC7 you recently previewed? In current versions, this feature is very much under development and incomplete. Most Windows games crash due to this, and only some OpenGL/DirectX functions are mapped directly to the GPU so far, but running the popular Urban Terror mod for Quake3, our sources were able to get playable framerates (average just under 30fps) in VPC7 on a Dual 1.8GHz G5/Radeon 9600. This is less than a quarter of the FPS seen in the native OS X version on the same hardware, but it's a good start....considering the same test under VPC6 on a Dual 1.42GHz G4 with the same Radeon was completely unplayable (below 10 FPS). Keep in mind that Microsoft expects to more than double average game performance before VPC7 ships!"
"How significant is the direct 3D hardware acceleration Microsoft has added to the "alpha" version of VPC7 you recently previewed? In current versions, this feature is very much under development and incomplete. Most Windows games crash due to this, and only some OpenGL/DirectX functions are mapped directly to the GPU so far, but running the popular Urban Terror mod for Quake3, our sources were able to get playable framerates (average just under 30fps) in VPC7 on a Dual 1.8GHz G5/Radeon 9600. This is less than a quarter of the FPS seen in the native OS X version on the same hardware, but it's a good start....considering the same test under VPC6 on a Dual 1.42GHz G4 with the same Radeon was completely unplayable (below 10 FPS). Keep in mind that Microsoft expects to more than double average game performance before VPC7 ships!"
Or maybe this... (another quote from macrumors)
"Good news: Microsoft VirtualPC 7.0 (alpha version) performance on PowerMac G5 is surprisingly good! Even though we have only received a few real-world "wristwatch" benchmarks and preliminary reports from two sources who have recently come into possession of an alpha build of Virtual PC 7.0, the news so far is very good.
On a single 1.6GHz G5, performance of a broad spectrum of applications and operating systems was roughly comparable to that of a Dual 1GHz G4. On a Dual 1.8GHz model, performance was "astounding," well above and beyond that of a Dual 1.42GHz G4 system -- notably with resource-intensive multi-tasking where the G5's superior bandwidth comes into play. On any Quartz Extreme-class system (Radeon or GeForce accelerator on an AGP bus), applications were reported to take huge advantage of new VPC7 features which route some emulated PC graphics functions directly to the real graphics accelerator hardware -- notably games and professional 3D apps.
Although stability in these alpha builds leaves much to be desired according the reports, and so far neither source has been able to install current builds of Microsoft's Longhorn next-gen operating system, we are expecting more detailed benchmarks and features reports shortly."
"Good news: Microsoft VirtualPC 7.0 (alpha version) performance on PowerMac G5 is surprisingly good! Even though we have only received a few real-world "wristwatch" benchmarks and preliminary reports from two sources who have recently come into possession of an alpha build of Virtual PC 7.0, the news so far is very good.
On a single 1.6GHz G5, performance of a broad spectrum of applications and operating systems was roughly comparable to that of a Dual 1GHz G4. On a Dual 1.8GHz model, performance was "astounding," well above and beyond that of a Dual 1.42GHz G4 system -- notably with resource-intensive multi-tasking where the G5's superior bandwidth comes into play. On any Quartz Extreme-class system (Radeon or GeForce accelerator on an AGP bus), applications were reported to take huge advantage of new VPC7 features which route some emulated PC graphics functions directly to the real graphics accelerator hardware -- notably games and professional 3D apps.
Although stability in these alpha builds leaves much to be desired according the reports, and so far neither source has been able to install current builds of Microsoft's Longhorn next-gen operating system, we are expecting more detailed benchmarks and features reports shortly."
no, i guess not, as tree's making references to silent pcs that are using USB based media instead of harddrives. (i guess he means flash-based memory, though.)
there's been talk about this lately for media-center PCs (bootin' linux off-of 'silent' media like flash-cards) for the living room. however, VPC certainly does not help there. at all. that's why i didn't try to explain tree's post before...
there's been talk about this lately for media-center PCs (bootin' linux off-of 'silent' media like flash-cards) for the living room. however, VPC certainly does not help there. at all. that's why i didn't try to explain tree's post before...