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When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Source: microsoft.public.mac.virtualpc
Sent: 05/18/2005
From: "Dazzzz" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have been using Virtual PC and upgrading since version 3. I have a
current version 7. I also have updated to Tiger 10.4.1

As has been documented, Virtual Switch is now broken. this is a problem
for me as I need this feature. When can I expect an update that will
resolve this in Tiger?

In addition to my PowerBook 17" 1.5Ghz with 2GB of RAM, I also have a
PowerMac G5 dual 2.5Ghz with 4GB of RAM. I am greatly dissapointed in
the performance of VirtualPC on this system. Firstly I would have
expected that I would see a dramatic performance increase when running
Virtual PC on a G5 processor, let alone a dual processor, however it
runs no faster than on my PowerBook. Can we expect to see a performance
update that will really take advantage of a G5 and possibly even dual
processors?

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Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 05/18/2005
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On 16 May 2005 22:28:31 -0700, "Dazzzz" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

From Microsoft's website:
** We are working on an update to make VPC 7 compatible with Tiger.
This will be a free update and will be available on this site within
the next few months.

VPC 7 is for the G5 and does take advantage of the extra processor.
But, emulation is not easy to make as an SMP application.

Have you done the optimization's for VPC that are frequently reposted
here?

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>I have been using Virtual PC and upgrading since version 3. I have a
>current version 7. I also have updated to Tiger 10.4.1
>
>As has been documented, Virtual Switch is now broken. this is a problem
>for me as I need this feature. When can I expect an update that will
>resolve this in Tiger?
>
>In addition to my PowerBook 17" 1.5Ghz with 2GB of RAM, I also have a
>PowerMac G5 dual 2.5Ghz with 4GB of RAM. I am greatly dissapointed in
>the performance of VirtualPC on this system. Firstly I would have
>expected that I would see a dramatic performance increase when running
>Virtual PC on a G5 processor, let alone a dual processor, however it
>runs no faster than on my PowerBook. Can we expect to see a performance
>update that will really take advantage of a G5 and possibly even dual
>processors?

Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 05/19/2005
From: Michael Vilain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

In article <(email address - cut out)>,
"Dazzzz" <(email address - cut out)> wrote:

There's speculation on MacFixit and other sites that this won't get
fixed until August. The phrasing on the Microsoft web site doesn't
change that expectation.

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DeeDee, don't press that button! DeeDee! NO! Dee...

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Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 05/19/2005
From: "Unseelie" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I'd bet money on it being faster that that...

Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 05/19/2005
From: "Dazzzz" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

It's appalling that it's going to take several months. Tiger was
announced June 2004 and I'm quite sure Microsoft (who are not doing
nearly as good a job as Connectix did) have been given all of the
developer technical details to be able to update their product in a
timely fashion.

It may be hard, but I'm sure a much faster product could be created
making using VPC better than a slow slow slog to do anything.

Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 05/19/2005
From: "Dazzzz" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Can you point me to these optimization posts? I've had quite a good
look around and can't find any articles. I believe I have got it set up
optimally but I'll read any article's suggestions.

Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 06/12/2005
From: (email address - cut out)
Message:

Hi,

I've just upgraded to Tiger and suddenly VPC is running slower than
Sludge. Really awful. I can almost watch the windows paint line by
line. I'm also getting the Virtual Switch error as well. What can be
done to improve performance?

Best,
Phillip

Re: When and what updates are expected for Virtual PC?

Sent: 06/13/2005
From: "Paul Power" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Upgrading to Tiger does not affect the "performance" of Virtual PC in
one way or the other in relation to "speed". At least, there have been
no reports of this by anyone else that I can recall. It must be related
to something else. Can you provide more details on your system and what
settings you have for VPC?

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