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Summary: Now's your chance! Two for less than the price of one!
Review: Connectix is offering a limited time free (minimal cost for downloading or getting a mailed copy) upgrade from Virtual PC 5 to Virtual PC 6 on their website to recent (like now) purchasers of version 5. Without this deal, version 6 costs MUCH more, even for just the upgrade. From the reviews I've been reading of VPC 6, it solves most of the OSX problems of version 5, especially the speed. So it you are like me, and have been putting off upgrading because of the flaws in version 5, now's the chance to go for it. I just bought VPC 5 here to upgrade from it on the website, saving a bundle in the process.
Read the reviews, check the Connectix website for details, and make your choice. Don't wait too long. You have to have version 5 to upgrade to version 6. Buy it now and get two upgrades for less than the price of one!
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Summary: Virtually a PC
Review: I do not want to purchase a PC, ever. Thanks to VPC, I don't have to. I have not had the opportunity to try this with OS X yet, but under OS 9 it works well, albeit slowly (as others have mentioned.) I have no problems integrating with a mostly PC & Unix network and I am able to run the programs my company forces me to run, which have no Mac version or an incompatible Mac version. The ability to define multiple PCs at different OS levels is a definite plus.
If you want to run PC games, you are going to need a very fast Mac (how about a new dual 1GHz G4.) The graphics rendering is obviously much much slower in VPC. Still, it runs every business application I've needed, flawlessly. And I can show the PC-bigots at the office that Macs rule!
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Summary: Don't bother to upgrade
Review: I upgraded from VPC 3.0 hoping the upgrade would get me better performance, and I'd be able to migrate to OS X. I have a Blue & White G3/300 MHz/256 MB RAM. VPC 5.0 barely runs under OS X, although to Connectix's credit, they recommend 350 MHz+. Perhaps if I had a faster CPU and more memory, things might be better. For now though, it looks like running VPC in OS X is out. In OS 9, I find the older version runs faster in all aspects. Both of my objectives (OS X migration and better performance) were not met. If you have an older G3 like me, don't bother to upgrade. It's a step in the wrong direction.
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Summary: Don't bother to upgrade
Review: I upgraded from VPC 3.0 hoping the upgrade would get me better performance, and I'd be able to migrate to OS X. I have a Blue & White G3/300 MHz/256 MB RAM. VPC 5.0 barely runs under OS X, although to Connectix's credit, they recommend 350 MHz+. Perhaps if I had a faster CPU and more memory, things might be better. For now though, it looks like running VPC in OS X is out. In OS 9, I find the older version runs faster in all aspects. Both of my objectives (OS X migration and better performance) were not met. If you have an older G3 like me, don't bother to upgrade. It's a step in the wrong direction.
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Summary: Dependable, but SLOW....
Review: This is a superior company that delivers wonderful cross-format / emulation work. Thank God they are there, otherwise my PC programs and PS 1 disks would be unusable on my Mac. Without Connectix I'd be a PC-er not a Mac person. That said... Compared to version 4, this program is very slow. Also, it thinks the only available network is through my modem. How about my ethernet connect to my PC and other 2 Macs? Maybe configure the modem connection as a COM port, and Ethernet as the network? But if you just got OS X, and have to bit the bullet and get this.
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Summary: Works as advertised, but very SLOW...
Review: This is an amazing product in what it is able to do. Unfortunately the OSX version is too slow to really be usable for any real work. I'm running on a G4/867Mhz and don't have near the performance I did in OS9. Hopefully version 5.1 will be faster...
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