Virtual PC 6.x
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
Requires Mac OS 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.1.5 "Puma", 10.2.1 "Jaguar", or higher. This version greatly improves the emulation speed under MacOS X, and integrates with the Dock. Version were available with preinstalled PC DOS, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional as well as an upgrade to an existing Virtual PC installation 5.
This version and all previous versions of Virtual PC will not run on Macs with PowerPC G5 processor.
The last update was 6.1.1 on February 10 , 2004.
Information
- Product type
- Application Virtualization
- Vendor
- Connectix
- Release date
- 2002
- Minimum CPU
- PPC G3 or G4 Mac
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- MacOS Mac OS X
- Download count
- 39 (3 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft Virtual PC 6.1 (Mac) |
6.1 | English |
|
11.93MB | 3 |