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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."

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  1. Doesn't necessarily apply to Xbox 2 by Bollenator · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

    This doesn't take into account the fact that the Xbox 2 has been announced to use a brand-new ATI video chipset. As near as I can tell, this has nothing to do with cross-compatibility between ATI and nVidia, which it would have to be if there's any relation to Xbox 2 backwards-compatibility. Just thought I'd mention it.

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  2. The "next" version of Virtual PC is 7.0! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since version 7.0 has a few more days before it ships to customers, from a customer standpoint, version 7.0 is the "next" version, but it lacks the improved graphics support. Just so potential buyers of VirtualPC 7.0 aren't surprised, the AppleInsider article suggests a future (>7.0) version of VirtualPC will offer improved support for graphics cards, but 7.0 does not. (BTW: Don't buy software for a feature it might have in the future!)