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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / August 2006how to get windows vista working?
How under latest vpc 7? Unless you are giving it at least 512MB of ram, it probably won't. > How under latest vpc 7? "how to get windows vista working?" First, buy out Microsoft. Then fire all the "programmers" and hire real programmers who know what they're doing to re-write Vista from scratch, preferably with no backwards-compatibility so it doesn't inherit all the flaws of previous versions of Windoze. MAYBE, just maybe Vista might work. ;-) Vista RC1 is one sweet OS, my friend. I can't wait for it to go final. If you don't like MS fine, but at least MS does maintain as much backwards compatibility as possible, which is more than I can say for how Apple has treated my Mac software over the years. > "how to get windows vista working?" > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the flaws of previous versions of Windoze. MAYBE, just maybe Vista > might work. ;-) In article <eehJ0wIzGHA.4968@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com> wrote: > > "how to get windows vista working?" > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > compatibility as possible, which is more than I can say for how Apple has > treated my Mac software over the years. It was a joke. :-\ As for Apple, the OS can easily run most of the older software (albeit a bit buggily). The only real hitch has been the switch from PowerPC to Intel chips, and realistically that's nothing to do with the OS. Technically it should be possible to run Classic application under Mac OS X on Intel Macs, but it would be slow and people would complain (even more than they usually do). I have had a much better experience running Windows programs from the 90's on XP than anything for Mac from the same period on OS/X. Period. >> > "how to get windows vista working?" >> > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > OS X on Intel Macs, but it would be slow and people would complain > (even more than they usually do). > Vista RC1 is one sweet OS, my friend. I can't wait for it to go final. > > If you don't like MS fine, but at least MS does maintain as much backwards > compatibility as possible, which is more than I can say for how Apple has > treated my Mac software over the years. That might be true, but I totally disagree with you, Colin. At some point you have to stop trying to support the lowest common denominator. When I want to run an old app (my wife has two she still uses, I fire up an old system and run them. That is maybe once or twice a year.) The same situation about dropping support is going to happen with the PowerPC Macs. At some point in the next 4 years, OS X will no longer support the PowerPC platform. At that point, I will buy an Intel-based Mac and run my PowerPC G5 using the last supported version of OS X as a second system. I figure by that time, I will also be able to run Windows-based programs seamlessly under OS X and on a first rate Mac hardware platform and not the junk most people run Windows on. Maybe not supporting those old versions of software and hardware is a good thing. Jeff >> "how to get windows vista working?" >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> the flaws of previous versions of Windoze. MAYBE, just maybe Vista >> might work. ;-) >Maybe not supporting those old versions of software and hardware is a good thing. NOT a good idea at all, Jeff. Think about it in a global environment rather than from your personal needs. For example, there are literally tens of thousands of people still using Microsoft Access 95. That's 12yrs old. However there has not been enough significant improvement over the basic database to warrant upgrading. Most people don't need or want all of the extra bells and whistles (especially at the price in today's market). Many other businesses still use MS DOS. That's like 30yrs old. Why should they be forced to use the latest and greatest Windows OS when they only run a few simple command line instructions? And remember....all of the Windows operating systems are DOS shells with a GUI interface. Just bells and whistles. Supporting old versions of software and hardware is most definitely required in today's economy and will not disappear in the near future. >>Maybe not supporting those old versions of software and hardware is a good >thing. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >software and hardware is most definitely required in today's economy >and will not disappear in the near future. Windows Me was the last Windows OS that was a DOS shell. NT, 2000, 2003, XP and Vista are not.  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. |
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