[WinMac] Re: VirtualPC
Gary Zak(gzak[at]sd61.bc.ca)
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:49:13 -0800
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Kyle Johnson wrote:
Actually, it's even better than that. Because VirtualPC emulates the
Pentium chip ...<snip>... but it is a nice option for light use.
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Actually it's even even better better than that! One year ago this month I
saw a demo of VPC and wrote the following email to a couple of Mac lists:
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I just saw a demonstration of a G3 tower (266 Mhz) running "Virtual PC".
The boys at WestWorld computers in Victoria, BC, loaded Windows NT Server
in about four minutes into the Mac and hooked the G3 up to a Powerbook 3400
as client. The Powerbook's Chooser recognized both the "NT" server and the
"G3 Mac" server. Then they saved the "PC state" as a file (that's how
Virtual PC does it) and knocked out NT Server. Server down? - no problem!
Double click on the "Saved PC state" file and 6.5 seconds later the NT
server was up and running again. Recover Windows 95? - 7.5 seconds.
It appears that the best machine to run NT or Win95 on is the G3. Seems to
be more stable and more easily recoverable upon calamity than when running
on Pentium iron. Apart from politics, there really isn't much reason to run
either OS anyway, but if you have to, why not buy "Virtual PC" and get
Windows 95 included, cheaper than Windows 95 by itself!
Are you a teacher teaching PC networking? Give every kid a Mac (180 Mhz
minimum), a copy of Virtual PC, and a "Saved PC state" file with some known
problem to solve. If he/she wrecks that NT file, he/she's back at it in 6.5
seconds.
Disclaimer: I am a math teacher in Victoria, BC, who doubles as the MacLab
techie in my school. I have no affiliation with Apple computer other than
an intense desire that they continue to put out the best education
computers in the world.
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Admittedly this demo showed only one server with one client so that's
hardly proof of its efficacy as an enterprise level server, but I thought
the training aspect had a lot of promise, judging from the cursing I read
on many lists about the frequent reinstalls required to get NT working
properly. Not knowing NT at all but being somewhat acquainted with the
process of learning, I assume that many of the installation problems stem
from lack of training.
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Gary Zak
Victoria, BC
gzak@sd61.bc.ca
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, but today
is God's gift. That's why they call it the "present".
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