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Old April 7th, 2003, 06:05 PM
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Thumbs up RealPC coming back

Apparently they are coming back.

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When Microsoft purchased Virtual PC, we decided it was time to re-release an updated version of Real PC & SoftWindows 98 (and shortly XP etc). We had to discontinue the product as the agreement was with Connectix, not Microsoft. If you would like to update your Real PC to a faster, better and more powerful version, give us 30 days to finish the software and you'll be glad you waited.
Should be an interesting year here.
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Old April 7th, 2003, 06:13 PM
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http://www.fwb.com/html/realpc.html

Apparently it's not just a rumor.
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Cool. Now the question is, will it be faster than Virtual PC? I hope so. If they can make it faster then they will definately sell a lot of copies.
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OS 9 only?

This looks like it will be just for OS 8.6-9. No mention of OS X anywhere just yet....
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OS 9 only!!?? You gotta be joking! That's a double edged sword indeed!
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Old April 8th, 2003, 05:34 PM
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Hey, if I could get the hole out of my Classic environment I'd be using X on my iMac, but I can't and most of what I do requires Classic, so I'm predominantly a 9er.
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Hmm... RealPC and SoftWindows 98 were a bit strange back then. Virtual PC was gaining field fast when it came out.

I personally don't have anything against Microsoft being the new publisher/developer of Virtual PC, as you'll mostly use it for Microsoft software, anyway. It's a good product, and the MacBU isn't known for _bad_ software, actually.
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now the question is, will these successful products ever emulate a processor besides the out-dated MMX?
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