Karl Dandenell reports to Ric Ford on MacInTouch that Virtual PC 6 is not supported on Power Mac G5s. There is potential hope in that Microsoft states in the tech note they are working on G5 support for the application. This avoids a Retrophisch™ “I told you so” moment for the time being. After all, how long did it take Microsoft to bring HALO to another platform?
posted on December 3, 2003 11:01 AMAs much as I hate to agree with/support MS, this came up when the G5 first came out and MS was very up front about it.
I haven't looked at a VPC box lately, so I don't know if it's labeled as not working with a G5, but it sounds to me like Mr. Dandenell didn't do any research before making a purchase. Like he said, it's noted somewhere on the MacTopia web site and it was on a number of different Mac sites last summer.
Hm. At least Mr. Dandenell refrained from vandalizing billboards...
Posted by: Eric Blair at December 3, 2003 12:10 PM
Also, there are valid technical reasons why the G5 is not currently supported.
Posted by: Michael Tsai at December 3, 2003 12:31 PM
Yeah, that's what I meant but MS being up front about it.
I stopped short of saying that we'd probably be waiting even in Connectix still owned VPC, seeing as though I know nothing about what their level of staffing.
Posted by: Eric Blair at December 3, 2003 6:22 PM