[Coco] Virtual PC Is Now Free!

James Hrubik jimhrubik at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 13 10:06:21 EDT 2006


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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