Virtual PC smokes!

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From: Bill Vaughan
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 00:00

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I just installed Virtual PC with Win95 on my PowerMac 7500 604/150 and I can't believe the snappiness in performance. This is definately faster than SoftWindows, and much cheaper. From my own estimate, comparing it to the 90mhz Pentium I use at work, it seems to be performing equivilant to approximately a 75MHz Pentium - this is running on a 150MHz PPC 604 with 512K cache. Since Virtual PC is optimized for the 604e version of the PPC, I would guess running it on a 250 MHz 604e PowerMac would be equivilant to a mid-range Pentium - not bad! This ought to provide some ammo for people trying fight their employer's urge to switch platforms.

Bill

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From: billv@Eng.Sun.COM (Bill Vaughan)
Subject: Virtual PC smokes!
Date: 1997/07/15
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