Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macpaul From: macpaul@ndirect.co.uk (Paul Harvey) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english,scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: Anyone running Virtual PC/Softwindows on a G3 (266 or 300)? Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:39:59 +0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <1dfbe9c.frig0ir9m78wN@th-pm05-00.ndirect.co.uk> References: <35F7A88A.F1A0A6B7@easynet.co.uk> <1df5swh.1s66irvd8v97qN@a1-88-118.a1.nl> <35F8E3AB.E53428BB@easynet.co.uk> <35F909C3.1753@mdx.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: th-pm05-00.ndirect.co.uk X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3.3 (unregistered) Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:2302 scea.yaroze.freetalk:927 Robert Swan wrote: > > DEnnis Brinkhuis wrote: > > > > > At the course I met Paul Harvey (~macpaul). He uses one of the best G3 > > > powerbooks around. He had it running with Virtual PC 2 and that worked > > > at least as good as the Pentium II's on the Middlesex course. I was > > > amazed. > > Hmm, dont take the speed of the machines on the course to be standard. > For some unknown reason they run well below their specs, and Im not sure > why. I have this > dubious feeling it may well be because of the terrible hard drives. I > mean, my P75 (course ones were P166+mmx) runs 3 times faster than them > on most apps. > > Rob My G3 mac (292Mhz) is definitely quick, even running a PC emulator. I personally don't think it was as quick as the machines on the course, but it seems faster than my 75Mhz Pentium machine. At the end of the day though, who's fastest doesn't really matter. I use the emulator on a 604e PPC Mac (233Mhz) at home, and, while not nearly as fast as the G3, it still runs emulation at a useable rate (certainly for things like using Tim Tool and the like). Any G3 Mac would perform handsomely for most general use (even using it for word processing or any other 'standard' windows package). I have even tried running 3D Studio Max on the G3 and its useable. Paul By the way, my site is now up, although in Beta form (~macpaul)