Re: Virtual PC vs. SoftWindows - PC Emulators for the MAC

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diny@erols.com (Dulce Isler) wrote:

>Hi;
>
>	I am a PC person who is seriously considering switching
>systems to the IMAC DV Special Edition.  I have been told by Apple
>Tech Support that Virtual PC will execute Windows 95 apps on the MAC
>seemlessly without problems as long as there is atleast 128Mg RAM on
>the MAC.

Indeed, your Windows program will run without flaw.

>	Has anyone used VIrtual PC and if so, what are the pitfalls
>and what are the benefits?

Virtual PC is a low level emulator meaning that it actually
pretends to be a Pentium MMX computer.  You can install
any PC operating system and program on top of it, be it
DOS, Linux, OS/2, or Windows.  This is useful if you need
to run many older games that require DOS and won't work
under Windows 95 or 98, even in the Windows "DOS
mode" boot.  And if you have a copy of Windows 95 or
98 available, you can install it under Virtual PC and gain
all the benefits of the SoftWindows product too.

>	Has anyone used Softwindows and if so, what are the pitfalls
>and what are the benefits?

SoftWindows 95 and SoftWindows 98 advantage is that
you do not need to buy and install Windows separately.
If you will only run Windows apps, this might be a better
deal than Virtual PC.  However, my impression is that
many of the PC stuff out there worth running are the games.
For example, there are many many more flight simms
out there for the PC than for the Mac.  Virtual PC will
let you run all of them, even the ones that require a DOS
boot.

>	I would appreciate it if you could email me at diny@erols.com

Done!