Virtual PC 4.x
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
Version 4.0 requires Mac OS 8.5 or higher, and a Power Mac G3 or G4 processor. It was available with PC-DOS 2000, Windows 98 (Second Edition) and Windows Me guest operating systems. Includes a new virtual disk format that can dynamically grow up to 127 GB.
The last mac update was 4.0.2.
4.0 is also the first to have a Windows version. The Windows version requires Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 SP6, or Windows 2000 Professional as host.
Information
- Product type
- Application Virtualization
- Vendor
- Connectix
- Release date
- 2000
- Minimum CPU
- PPC G3 or G4 Mac or Pentium/Athlon PC
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- Windows OS2 MacOS
- Download count
- 21 (4 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Connectix Virtual PC 4.0 [Mac] |
4.0 for Mac | English |
|
18.87MB | 0 |
|
Connectix Virtual PC 4.0 [Upgrade] [Mac] |
4.0 for Mac Upgrade | English |
|
13.04MB | 0 |
|
Connectix Virtual PC 4.1 for Windows |
4.1 for Windows | English |
|
13.49MB | 3 |
 Connectix Virtual PC 4.3.2 for OS2 |
4.3.2 for OS2 | English |
|
7.21MB | 1 |