“Microsoft confirms that Virtual PC is not compatible with the new G5 Power Macs: “Virtual PC relies on a feature of the G3/G4 processors called ‘pseudo little-endian mode’ for increased performance when emulating a Pentium processor…. Because the new G5 processor does not support this feature, large portions of the VPC for Mac program must be rewritten and carefully tested to work properly on the G5 CPU,” reports MacNN.
MacDailyNews Take: Hmmmm… Wonder how fast a G5 could emulate a Pentium, run Windows and Windows applications? Guess we’ll have to wait for Microsoft to “optimize” it, huh?
Related MacDailyNews articles:
Bill Gates to Steve Jobs regarding Virtual PC: Checkmate – February 19, 2003
FWB: There is no RealPC; it’s vaporware and it’s discontinued – August 27, 2003
Anyone who doesn’t see that this is Microsucks pulling another ‘gates’ might try opening their eyes before attempting to see.
This shows why Apple _must_ develop all key applications themselves in the future, because M$ will just try and buy/kill/boycott anything that might show the Macs superiority even more.
Just as they handle competition in the PC market with FUD, blackmailing, deceiption and buy-offs, Microsh&t is aware that Apple is on a roll and Unix and Open Source poses a real threat to expensive proprietary virus-ridden bug-collections no matter how ‘well’ you market them and how much money youy throw at the media to ‘adjust’ the public perceiption of Winblows & Co.
Well, consider that:
Microsoft bought Connectix in February;
Microsoft had a prototype of the G5 for AT LEAST two months, maybe even longer.
Microsoft knew about this problem, for sure. I question why they waited until now to say anything about it. Maybe it had something to do with a NDA, but since Adobe announced immediately announced an update to Photoshop for the G5, I doubt that.
What I don’t like about the article is that it makes it sound like it’s Apple / IBM’s fault that VPC doesn’t work, when that clearly isn’t the case.
I have read claims by people that VPC 5 and VPC 6.0 run just fine on the G5, and only the VERY RECENTLY RELEASED 6.1 does not.
Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, I can’t help but be very skeptical of MS claims regarding VPC. Especially that 6.1 was released RIGHT BEFORE G5s would be arriving at customers doors.
It is probably in its best interest for MS to continue to sell and support VPC. I would doubt that they would kill it.
It creates an additional outlet for selling licenses to Windows that would not otherwise make that purchase. Not having VPC would be inconvient for Mac users, but would probably not cause a huge dent in Mac sales.
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