OT: Virtual PC vs "Real" PC

[Dan Shafer]

While there are few if any real differences between a real PC and 
Virtual PC from the perspective of how an app looks and feels, 
particularly since MS now owns VPC, there are three good reasons to buy 
an inexpensive Windows box for this testing:

1. VPC runs like a dog. Responsiveness is absolutely impossible to test 
in that environment.

2. There is some crossover functionality between VPC Windows and Mac OS 
X that involve sharing of some resources. Those could become gotchas in 
an app that makes use of things like printers, network connections, 
etc.

3. Did I mention how slooooooooooow VPC is? :-D


On Aug 20, 2004, at 12:02 PM, James.Cass at sealedair.com wrote:

>> Or do I need to requisition a cheap Dell running windows 2000.
>
> I would recommend getting an inexpensive Windows PC like the Dell.
> I am a die-hard Mac-guy, but I would still rather buy an actual
> Windows PC for development testing.  Even if I was running the best
> virtual PC app, I would always have that voice in the back of
> my mind wondering, "Yeah, but how will it run on actual PC
> hardware?"
>
> That's my 2.18403 JPY....James
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> Sannyasin Sivakatirswami <katir at hindu.org>
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> I'm coming to a point where it's imperative that we see how things look
> on Windows machines. Up to now have just been "winging it." But that
> won't do in the long run.
>
> Question: Is Virtual PC on the Mac a reliable representation of the
> user experience on a real PC running Windows?
>
> Obviously there can be underlying hardware issues that Virtual PC
> cannot address, but for now just the presentation, font sizes, etc. is
> what i am looking for and, aside from rev presentations:  viewing web
> pages in IE5-6 on Windows... to see if the CSS is rendering as
> expected...
>
> Does Virtual PC really do a good enough job? Or do I need to
> requisition a cheap Dell running windows 2000. The "lo-end" Windows
> user experience would be the target.
>
> Which leads to the next question, should we test under 2000  or XP?
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> Sannyasin Sivakatirswami
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