[Coco] Virtual PC Is Now Free!

L. Curtis Boyle curtisboyle at sasktel.net
Thu Jul 13 18:20:15 EDT 2006


In that case, you have to use Parallels (a little cheaper, but not free).

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:06:21 -0600, James Hrubik <jimhrubik at earthlink.net>  
wrote:

> Unless you have a Mac, in which case they still want $129 for the  
> stand-alone PPC version <frown> (Intel version not available).
>
> On Jul 12, 2006, at 11:48 PM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Virtual PC Is Now Free!
>>
>>  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
>>
>>  "...download Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1 absolutely free.
>>   Microsoft is also offering the free download of Virtual PC 2007..."
>>
>>  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx
>>
>>  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6D58729D- 
>> DFA8-40BF-AFAF-20BCB7F01CD1
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> What OS's can be run? About 200.
>>
>> The bad part, except for the Host's CPU and Memory all the available  
>> hardware is Pre-defined and cannot be added to.
>>
>> Networking and Internet work just fine.
>>
>> Great for testing software that you do not want to install in your main  
>> system.
>>
>> Like remote desktop, Full Screen and it is hard to tell you are just on  
>> the Guest.
>>
>> Stephen H. Fischer
>>
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