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Next Version of Virtual PC for Mac to Suck Less

Posted by pudge on from the we-shall-see dept.

Anomalous Coward writes "According to Apple Insider, it seems that the next version of Virtual PC for Mac will at long last have native support for decent graphics cards. Microsoft's XBox development team is developing this shiny new feature. Macs equipped with ATi cards will be able to emulate an original Radeon, while Macs with nVidia cards will be able to emulate a Geforce 3. Since the XBox uses a graphics core based on the Geforce 3, this may explain how Microsoft plans to include backward compatibility for the XBox in the XBox2."

4 of 86 comments (clear)

  1. ooooOOOooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Finally, VPC will be only 5 years out of date! Sweet!

    How long before the XBox folks are forced to go work on XP SP3?

  2. New Microsoft Slogan by feloneous+cat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft - Stuff that doesn't suck as bad as it used to...

    --
    IANAL, but I've seen actors play them on TV
  3. Re:I disagree completely. by prockcore · · Score: 4, Funny

    in fact I run the first Baldur's Gate on my iBook.

    System requirements for Baldur's Gate:
    Pentium 166
    16 Megs of ram
    DirectX 3.0

    Recommended:
    Pentium 200
    32 Megs of ram
    DirectX 5.0

    Not exactly a glowing portrayal of VPC.

  4. I heard.... by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    They actually were going to go with this slogan, but they were worried about being sued by Bare Bones.