Re: Mac user who needs Windows from time to time

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:14:16 -0400

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John,

> 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?

Not sure what would cover all her needs, but I'm using Virtual PC
version 2, which I run on a 220Mhz G3 Mac clone. The box was originally
a UMAX SuperMac J700 -- 180Mhz 604e, but I recently installed the
bottom-of-the-line NewerTech G3 upgrade. Makes a big difference. I don't
do a lot of work in Windows-less than 10% of work. Mainly I use it to
test web sites using Windows versions of Netscape and Microsoft Internet
Explorer. But I understand from others that it handles applications
quite capably, so long as you have a fast enough processor and a decent
amount of L2 cache. The one thing I was *not* able to run under Virtual
PC version 1 (haven't tried it on the new version) was Bindview EMS, a
network auditing application that makes some extremely low-level
hardware calls that I would not expect any emulator to be able to handle
properly. But otherwise Virtual PC and a fast Mac have been a good
solution for me. Right now I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade from
Windows 95 to 98.
Will Porter
Polytrope Solutions
Houston, Texas

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