Virtual PC 2.x (Mac)

Virtual PC started off originally as an x86 emulator for PowerPC Macintosh to run MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Connectix, the company that made it, was purchased by Microsoft. Virtual PC was then retooled into a virtualization tool for x86 systems. Microsoft discontinued Virtual PC in favor of a server-oriented virtualization product called Hyper-V.

On the desktop, Virtual PC competed with VMWare and featured better compatibility with a wider array of guest operating system.



Release notes

Emulates S3 Trio 32/64 video with up to 4 MB VRAM and offers UXGA Resolution. Advertised as up to 40% speed increase over version 1.0. Includes improved support for Windows 95 DirectX. Adds a common clipboard between the host and guest systems.

Installation instructions

Up to version 2.1.1, Virtual PC will not run on Mac OS 8.6 to 9. The last update is version 2.1.3 dated April 1999th.

Product type
Application Virtualization
Vendor
Connectix
Release date
1997
Minimum CPU
PPC
User interface
GUI
Platform
MacOS
Download count
31 (0 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Connectix Virtual PC 2.0 (PC-DOS Version) 2.0 English 36.1MB 0
Connectix Virtual PC 2.1.1 (PC-DOS Version) 2.1.1 English 142.13MB 0

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