Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:13:31 -0400

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At 2:32 PM -0400 6/30/98, Steve Hyman wrote:
>I have a friend who uses Macs 80% of the time, Windows 20% of the time.
>Currently she has a 6100 with an Intel daughter-board processor of some
>description inside it. She can switch from OS to OS from the keyboard.
>The machine is starting to get a little long in the tooth, and is only
>configured with Win 3.1 - she'd like Win95/98. I can install more RAM
>(in order to get enough for Win9x) on the Intel processor card, but
>that's not really going to solve the speed problems.
>Can anyone suggest an appropriate platform, or hardware configuration,
>that I might suggest to her that'll cover all her needs?

We have had a great deal of success with the G3/Virtual PC combination.
We run Windows95 in VirtualPC on a PowerMacintosh G3/266 with really
good performance. In fact, I had VirtualPC set for full screen mode and
one of my PC buddies commented on the speed of my "new PC."" He about
passed out when I hid the VirtualPC window to show that I still had my
same Mac.
Of course, this means buying a brand new machine, but if your friend
still has a 6100, then it's about time anyway. You can get a new G3/266
for $1700 on the educational price list, a ViewSonic monitor (with the
mac adaptor) for about $350, and another 64mb (for a total of 96mb) of
RAM for about $130 from Techworks. Add a copy of VirtualPC for ~$150
and a two button mouse (for that real window feel) and you have a
machine that will run Windows95/98 (or NT or Linux or Solaris) and the
MacOS for around $2400.
Kyle

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Kyle Johnson                                     kyle.johnson@duke.edu
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Duke University Student Affairs
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