[WinMac] Re: VirtualPC

Kyle Johnson(kyle.johnson[at]duke.edu)
Fri, 12 Feb 1999 08:59:11 -0500

> I really don't have a problem, but I was wondering if you guys knew that
> VirtualPC 2.1 can have Windows NT installed on it? It works wonderfully!
> We have an NT server, and mostly PC computers in our lab. When the account
> is created, my Mac via VirtualPC and WinNT will be a full-fledged member
> of our lab domain, and function exactly like (or better than) our lab PCs.
> It's wonderful! I highly recommend it to anyone seeking a dual-platform
> situation on one computer. If any of you use VirtualPC, and have problems,
> email me and I'll try to help you out. My only problem I had was
> installing Service Pack 3. (It crashed VirtualPC, and I had to reinstall
> from scratch. I didn't like SP3 anyways. I'm waiting on SP4.)

Actually, it's even better than that. Because VirtualPC emulates the
Pentium chip rather than Windows, you can run *any* OS that runs on Intel.
I saw someone who was running NextSTEP under VirtualPC. Way cool.

Note: I don't know if Connectix supports all these other OS options, and the
speed of the emulation is greatly dependant on the RAM and processor speed
of your system, but it is a nice option for light use.

Kyle

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Kyle Johnson                                     kyle.johnson@duke.edu
Manager, Information Systems                http://www.stuaff.duke.edu
Duke University Student Affairs
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