Virtual PC 7.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
This is the last version for the Mac and also the first that bears the name "Microsoft Virtual PC" after the acquisition of Connectix by Microsoft.
Requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 "Jaguar" or later. Does not run on Intel x86 Macs.
The last update was 7.0.3 on August 15, 2007. Support ended on April, 13 2010.
Information
- Product type
- Application Virtualization
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Release date
- 2004
- End of life date
- 2010
- Minimum CPU
- PPC G3, G4 or G5 Mac
- User interface
- GUI
- Platform
- MacOS Mac OS X
- Download count
- 33 (2 for release)
Downloads
| Download name | Version | Language | Architecture | File size | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Microsoft Virtual PC 7.0 (Mac PowerPC) |
7.0 | English |
|
18.62MB | 1 |
|
Virtual PC 7.02 |
7.02 | English |
|
18.75MB | 1 |