Virtual PC 2004
Virtual PC started off originally as an x86 emulator for PowerPC Macintosh to run MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Connectix, the company that made it, was purchased by Microsoft. Virtual PC was then retooled into a virtualization tool for x86 systems. Microsoft discontinued Virtual PC in favor of a server-oriented virtualization product called Hyper-V.
On the desktop, Virtual PC competed with VMWare and featured better compatibility with a wider array of guest operating system.
Release notes
Virtual PC 2004 (version 5.3) was the first Windows release from Microsoft.
Requires Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP SP2, or Windows Server 2003 32-bit as host.
Information
- Product type
- Application Virtualization
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Release date
- 2003
- Minimum CPU
- Pentium/Athlon
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- Windows
- Download count
- 41 (6 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Virtual PC 2004 (PC) |
2004 | English |
|
15.12MB | 6 |