VirtualPC is a Macintosh program for people who need to run the occasional Windoze program. I don't know why they even bothered with a PC version
Well, say you're all up-to-date with the MS products, and you're running XP. Now say you've got software application "X" that only runs (for some ungodly reason) on Windows 95. Rather than struggling to dual-boot, or worse, tote an extra laptop around, you can just boot up VPC and run the app.
Another situation:
Say you're writing a software application, and you want to see if it runs under an OS other than your development OS. VPC provides an easy, quick solution.
That's all I could think of.
Hey, I've been using smarterchild for a couple of months now. It's actually *quite* useful. I can get movie times in less than 10 seconds for the surrounding areas. Try to do that while sitting through the obscene fandango/hollywood dot com load times! And that's just a small facet of what it can do. Try typing A/S/L:-D
A properly designed OO system should alleviate all those backward's compatibility issues. And yes, in spite of all the/bots who complain about it, Java sure solves a lot of those OS/hardware compatibility problems...
It's funny that you quote Pink Floyd in your.sig, because EMI was typically one of the worst offenders [at going after.tab hosters]. I think there was an organized boycott of not buying any EMI music at one point.
Pencils and punch cards were not present at my voting booth. I pressed on the names of who I wanted to vote for, which was then lit up with a big red "X". After making sure I had properly chosen my candidates, I pressed a big green "Vote" button, the "X"'s all disappeared, and I walked out...
This month's Discover magazinehad a good article (Election Math) about various voting systems, discussing the pros, cons, and how/why's, for anyone interested.
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Another situation: Say you're writing a software application, and you want to see if it runs under an OS other than your development OS. VPC provides an easy, quick solution. That's all I could think of.
Hey, I've been using smarterchild for a couple of months now. It's actually *quite* useful. I can get movie times in less than 10 seconds for the surrounding areas. Try to do that while sitting through the obscene fandango/hollywood dot com load times! And that's just a small facet of what it can do. Try typing A/S/L :-D
A properly designed OO system should alleviate all those backward's compatibility issues. And yes, in spite of all the /bots who complain about it, Java sure solves a lot of those OS/hardware compatibility problems...
Pencils and punch cards were not present at my voting booth. I pressed on the names of who I wanted to vote for, which was then lit up with a big red "X". After making sure I had properly chosen my candidates, I pressed a big green "Vote" button, the "X"'s all disappeared, and I walked out...
This month's Discover magazinehad a good article (Election Math) about various voting systems, discussing the pros, cons, and how/why's, for anyone interested.