Just to clarify, My Mac has 896MB, I give VPC 512MB. This seems to work great and Win2K performance is fine. OS X continues to perform very snappy even with VPC running. I am very impressed with the set up. My next upgrade will probably RAM to 1.5GB (3 512 DIMMS, I currently have 1 512, 1 256, 1 128) and the new Gigadesigns 1GHZ since it easily overclocks to 1.3GHz and they still warranty it. It should be interesting how well win2k performs at those levels. Maybe I will be able to run multiple VPC sessions well in that configuration. (I'm thinking a Win2k AS with IIS and SQLServer, and a Win2kpro with VS.Net for development. With the network option set to virtual switching, each VPC will appear as a seperate host on the network.
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Virtual PC: Accepting the Inevitable
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VPC Restarting by itself
I use VPC throughout the day to access my company's VPN and the Exchange Server. Frequently XP Pro restarts by itself for no apparent reason.
Of course windows then runs the disk check and reports that there was a serious error and asks if I want to send it to MS. I'm running it on a 1GHz TiBook with 1GB RAM. 512MB allocated to the VPC. Does anyone else have this problem? I usually run MANY other OS X apps at the same time as VPC, but I always launch VPC first.
I use VPC throughout the day to access my company's VPN and the Exchange Server. Frequently XP Pro restarts by itself for no apparent reason.
Of course windows then runs the disk check and reports that there was a serious error and asks if I want to send it to MS. I'm running it on a 1GHz TiBook with 1GB RAM. 512MB allocated to the VPC. Does anyone else have this problem? I usually run MANY other OS X apps at the same time as VPC, but I always launch VPC first.
Re: VPC Restarting by itself
VPC is only an application running on MacOS X. It plays in its own sandbox and should have no effect on anything else save a possible performance hit. The disk error that XP Pro reports is on your VPC disk image, not on your entire Mac disk.
I use VPC with win95 and win98, and they seem to work pretty snappily.
For the original poster: Yes, get the version with dos, but don't use the dos. Instead, get a *bootable win98 cd* (or bootable w2k cd) and put it in your cd drive, and then just install that way.
W2K is, of course, the best Windows, and not just for VPC, it's the best on real PCs too. But it does need gobs more memory than 95 or 98.
(edit) and BTW, I have had VPC 6 get into a "crashy" mode where it seems like it leaves some "residue" behind and won't work properly - rebooting X fixes it, but that seems harsh.
Then again, I also have a problem on my Cube where iTunes 4.0.1 kernel-faults when I try to rip a CD...
For the original poster: Yes, get the version with dos, but don't use the dos. Instead, get a *bootable win98 cd* (or bootable w2k cd) and put it in your cd drive, and then just install that way.
W2K is, of course, the best Windows, and not just for VPC, it's the best on real PCs too. But it does need gobs more memory than 95 or 98.
(edit) and BTW, I have had VPC 6 get into a "crashy" mode where it seems like it leaves some "residue" behind and won't work properly - rebooting X fixes it, but that seems harsh.
Then again, I also have a problem on my Cube where iTunes 4.0.1 kernel-faults when I try to rip a CD...
Thanks MisterMe. I got the OS X thing. My concern is that XP "reboots" itself for no apparent reason several times during the day. VPC does not quit, nor does it report any errors. I'm at a loss to determine what could be causing it. Usually only Outlook is running in XP. I was just curious if anyone else had that same problem.
I haven't had that problem in VPC but I used to get it in real life PC all the time. The default action of XP when it hits a serious error is to automaticaly reboot the computer.