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how to speed up virtual pc window 2000 p - 12 Jun 2007 02:21 GMT

I got a Powerpc G4 with 768 mb memory and OX 10.1.5, currently running
virtual pc window 2000 professional on it.It takes about 10 munites for the
virtual pc to be up and running for the window program such as MS word.I
tried download some updates,but it makes things worse. Please advice how to
speed it up? Thanks

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Michael Vilain - 12 Jun 2007 05:57 GMT

In article <03281A67-AA67-49DB-B7A2-A7EF9D5781B5@microsoft.com>,
how to speed up virtual pc window 2000 p <how to speed up virtual pc
window 2000 p@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I got a Powerpc G4 with 768 mb memory and OX 10.1.5, currently running
> virtual pc window 2000 professional on it.It takes about 10 munites for the
> virtual pc to be up and running for the window program such as MS word.I
> tried download some updates,but it makes things worse. Please advice how to
> speed it up? Thanks

There's a help page in VPC that outlines some things you can do in XP to
speed up it's response time. With only 768MB of memory, you're limited
to half of that for VPC which may not be enough. My version of VPC with
W2K on MacOS X 10.4.9 runs much faster than XP.

Some things you might do are

- upgrade your memory to the maximum your machine can hold
- upgrade your OS to 10.4

It's your call if this is a route you want to take. If not, my guess is
you'll have to live with the performance you've got.

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Helpful Harry - 12 Jun 2007 06:14 GMT

> In article <03281A67-AA67-49DB-B7A2-A7EF9D5781B5@microsoft.com>,
> how to speed up virtual pc window 2000 p <how to speed up virtual pc
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>
> - upgrade your memory to the maximum your machine can hold

With the Mac already having 768MB RAM in it, this isn't really going to
help, especially since VirtualPC has a limit to what it can use anyway
(and setting it to use less can often make it run faster).

> - upgrade your OS to 10.4
>
> It's your call if this is a route you want to take. If not, my guess is
> you'll have to live with the performance you've got.

Another option:

- upgrade your chip or entire computer to a G5.
(or even upgrade to an Intel Mac and get rid of VirtualPC, and
instead use BootCamp or Parallels Desktop)

Helpful Harry
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