A representative of Connectix reiterated today that the company still plans to release an OS X version of VirtualPC 4.0 shortly following the release of Mac OS X in March. "We are committed to releasing a version for Mac OS X, and we plan to release it as close as possible to Apple's release of OS X," notes the rep.
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Why don't Connectix take advantage of the Os X operating system. Please do not (emulate) windoze like Os 9 do. Make it UNIX based. Seriously it's terrible when you want to work something that needs raw power like hi-end apps and games stuff.
eh, if you don't know what you're talking about, quit talking out of your a$$.
the difference in hardware architectures is why it's slow. and if you 'make it unix', you wouldn't have the win32 API's.
so, shutup.
Hello, brain donor? Virtual PC is a "bare metal" emulator that emulates an x86 processor - you can RUN Unix on Virtual PC, brainiac! While their might be a tiny speed boost by rewriting it in Cocoa, nothing will change the fact that it is running on a PPC processor -- and emulating Unix to emulate Windows is obviously not a solution.
Virtual PC does not emulate Windows. It emulates an Intel-based computer. That is why you can run any OS on it. Connectix bundles Windows with the emulator for the convenience of the users who want it.
I think that you are looking for the "Red Box," the mythical Windows-compatibility environment for MacOS X. Perhaps, someone will release something like that, but there is no evidence that Connectix will.
or do I need to upgrade to 4 now for $80, and then shell out more $$$ for the Carbon/Cocoa/whatever version?
that's why I haven't upgraded to 4 yet, not before the OS x version is out (not gonna get screwed out of more money because I bought the previous version just over 1 month ago)
You can get a *free* upgrade to VPC 4, if you bought v. 3 after November 1......
I bought it a year ago - I'll wait until OS X compatible VPC, also......
Thank you Connectix! I didn't plan on upgrading my VPC from 3, but I will if I can get a carbonized (or, better yet, Cocoa) version. Thank you! My only other request is do it ASAP after X is released and convince Macromedia to do the same with all their stuff! ; )
I wonder if current VPC 4 owners will get the OS X version of VPC 4 free or have to pay again.
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I was told (by someone I can't name) that the next version of Virtual PC will have individual windows that will co-exist with native carbon/cocoa windows. Basically just like what Apple does with classic environment windows.
sweet.