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Microsoft to release Virtual PC 7 with G5 compatibility soon

Monday, August 30, 2004 · 2:27 pm · 35 Comments

“Microsoft this week will release Virtual PC 7 to manufacturing, after several months of delays, according to MacNN sources. The release of the Windows emulation software for Mac comes after the Mac BU decided to wait for the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, which was made available earlier this month. Microsoft will also release Office 2004 Professional Edition to manufacturing, the premium version of the company’s Office 2004 bundled with Virtual PC 7. Both the full version of Virtual PC 7 and Office 2004 Professional are expected to be available in retail stores by October… Sources tell MacNN that Microsoft’s Virtual PC 7 will bring better for support for (USB) peripherals, speed improvements, G5 compatibility, dual-processor support, and better native support for graphic cards,” MacNN reports.

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meat of moose

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:33 pm · Reply

No thanks.
donnie

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:38 pm · Reply

and you too can have virtual blue screens just like your peecee brethren…

moo.
ABQ Peter

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:38 pm · Reply

hmm, is a virtual MS windows environment better or worse than an actual MS windows environment???
Seahawk

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 3:42 pm · Reply

To be used only as last nail in the coffin: “Oh but I really need this one sw title and they do not make an OS X version”.

“What?!” – you scream – “and for just ONE title you put up with all the crap that comes with staying on Windows. Naahh, for that loner get VirtualPC. On the G5 it will perform better than that old PC of yours”
JB

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:01 pm · Reply

It’s about freakin’ time. And just to think that people bitch about Apple’s delays…nobody has delays like M$ does.
Xavier

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:03 pm · Reply

Or get MS Remote Access & access to a PC on your network or an old PC, so you can run that ONE title on it while controlling it from the Mac
Kill Bill vol 2

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:10 pm · Reply

OH FRIGGING GREAT

Now I’ll have to run Windoze software on my beloved G5.

I can just see the flood of viruses, trojans and spyware complaints coming into my support service.

“Help my G5 is screwed up!”

“Are you running Norton Utilites”

“No”

“Your running Virtual PC then”

“Yes how did you know?”
Dave H

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:14 pm · Reply

I’d prefer to wait for this to come to fruition.
VPC User

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:15 pm · Reply

Good. Now I will be able to buy a G5 and get the big screen. I just hope it works.
Rob

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:24 pm · Reply

Glad to see it’s finally coming and I hope it’s a big enough improvement to be worth the long wait. However, other than a handful of legacy apps I rarely ever use, I have no need for Windows anymore. I’ve been able to replace everything I need on a daily basis with superior (except for Quicken) native OS X versions now. I’ll wait and see the reviews on it once it’s out in the wild before deciding if I’ll ever spring for it or not.
meat of moose

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 4:58 pm · Reply

ABQ Peter:

Virtual PC is, ostensibly, just as “good” as Microsoft�s Windows XP, albeit slower owing to emulation. I cannot imagine how Microsoft could produce a virtual version of XP that is actually “better” or more secure than the real thing.

The only virtual PC I would consider would be one that is Unix-based, produced by Apple, and is cosmetically similar to Windows XP. I think the probability of this occurring is a relatively small. Besides, the thought of XP on my Mac would be like eating from the refuse bin behind Taramind instead of dining inside.
solar flare

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 6:10 pm · Reply

Why is this news?

No ones gonna use this crap from M$ anyway!

What a waste of time, money and effort.
solar flare

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 6:14 pm · Reply

Rob – Quicken is also available for Mac OS X too!

Goto the Apple Store and the latest version is available for $69.95.
Peter

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 6:15 pm · Reply

This is great news! Now I’ll be able to use the Real store to get music!

(Hmm…why do I hear flamethrowers being picked up?)

:^) :^) :^)
Ace

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 7:04 pm · Reply

I have to say that I am looking forward to this release to hopefully run win98 a little faster and maybe a dumbed down XP. There are some graphic utilities that are only available on windows and also testing my sites I created on both platforms is easier this way then actually going and buying a PC. BTW – don’t think for a split second I will be paying for this software.
max

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 7:12 pm · Reply

Looks like Longhorn is ahead of schedule. Ha ha ha ha.
Kimbakat

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:39 pm · Reply

Ok…but look. I work in the corporate world and fought to the bone to get Macs used in our department. Having VPC to work on our G5s truly makes the “G5″ a corporate ballbuster!!..They build all these complicated intranets which are only Windows compatible…. which will not work unless they see a Windows 2000 “corporate” imaged and configured browser pointing at them.

I only wish Apple created some Safari “firewall” so that Safari could “camoulflage” itself to these intranets to trick them into thinking it’s IE and to be able to authenticate to them.

So..this is really good news for us who have fought to keep our Macs in the IBM/Microshit world AND get the best access in the corporate world.
Stuart

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 8:42 pm · Reply

I’ll wait for it to appear on a file sharing network, like I do with all my Microsoft software. I stealing from criminals, and pay the good guys like Apple Adobe and Macromedia, etc.
cpr

Monday, August 30, 2004 - 11:14 pm · Reply

I need VPC to run Garmin GPS software. They refuse to make a MAC app.

Or sign petetion here

http://www.gpscity.com/gps/brados/2978.1.15086847102618120538/macsignup.html

Garmin has refused offers to write the software for free. Garmin hates mac users.
Seahawk

Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - 2:13 am · Reply

Kimbakat: what you ask is there. Safari can camouflage itself and pretend to be something else. Works like a charm and site who touts to be working only with IE get fooled like the idiots who maintain them.

Just do this, in exact order:

1) Quit Safari

2) Launch Terminal.app, on that…

3) write – without quotes, case important –
‘defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1′

4) Launch Safari, a new menu Debug is now available

5) select Debug–>User Agent –> the browser you like

Voil�, Safari is no more Safari but something else to the site you visit.