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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2010which Windows system for my Macbook?
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
Processor: Intel
I just got a new to me Macbook. It came with Office 2004 which includes Virtual PC. It also came with Parallels and a second complete copy of XP. I know nothing of Mac life at this point and don't know whether VPC or Parallels is the better option. Any and all input is appreciated. >Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel I just got a new to me Macbook. It came with Office 2004 which includes Virtual PC. It also came with Parallels and a second complete copy of XP. I know nothing of Mac life at this point and don't know whether VPC or Parallels is the better option. Any and all input is appreciated. Virtual PC will not run on an Intel based Mac, only PowerPC. You need to use Parallels or VMWare for Intel based Macs.  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ http://smudj.wordpress.com/ > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) > Processor: Intel > > I just got a new to me Macbook. Great! Which one is it? > It came with Office 2004 which includes Virtual PC. Office 2004 and Virtual PC are PowerPC-only applications. You cannot use Virtual PC with an Intel-Mac. You can use Office 2004 with an Intel-Mac though, but it will run slower because of the Software-Emulation (called Rossetta: it will enable you to run PowerPC-based Software on Intel-based Macs). You are much better off using Office 2008 - it is Universal Binary (it has native code for both PowerPC-Macs and Intel-Macs). > It also came with Parallels and a second complete copy of XP. Parallels on the other hand is Intel-only. So this is to be your choice. You should also google/bing for Bootcamp. Bootcamp is included in Mac OS X since 10.5 and enables you to install Windows XP/Vista/7 alongside with Mac OS X on an Intel-based Mac. You may then be able to use Parallels Desktop to run this very Windows (the one you created with Bootcamp) inside your active Mac OS X session. Thus, run Mac and Windows programs all at the same time in Mac OS X. > I know nothing of Mac life at this point and don't know whether VPC or Parallels is the better option. Any and all input is appreciated. That what this discussion groups are here for, right? It is always a good idea to search the internet first though, you will find valuable information about Virtual PC/Mac and Parallels Desktop for Mac. Cheers, Windows User #330250 aka Andreas I guess that's why it came with the Parallels then since what came with Office 2004 wouldn't work with it. > Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) > Processor: Intel [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > know nothing of Mac life at this point and don't know whether VPC or > Parallels is the better option. Any and all input is appreciated. Another option for Parallels is the free Virtual Box by Sun. I use it very successfully with WinXP Pro and Win7 RC. Another option for Office 8 is the open source NeoOffice. |
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