Re: FLASH: pc software and virtual pc on mac?

[Michael Greenberg]

Hi michael,

I am a major Mac person myself and I think your last sentence hit the nail

on the head. I have had way too many issues Virual PC as well as Soft

Windows. I think the concept illustrates the coolness of the Mac and all

however using Flash and Director have been pure nightmarish in emulation.


My 2 cents,

Michael


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From: "Michael@BTW" <mplistbigtimeweb [dot] com>

>

Reply-To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 13:10:09 -0700

>

To: <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Subject: Re: FLASH: pc software and virtual pc on mac?

> 

> Biggest problem with Virtual is video display, it uses Mac System Ram to

> emulate PC video. Thus, even with a fast Mac giving the equiv. processing

> power of 200-300mhz pentium, for any kind of video intensive app. like

> Swift, its much worse. For more text based apps. like office, etc. it is

> fine. However, folks have been finding ways to use a PC video card in a Mac

> PCI slot and getting very good results (can't recall where the articles are,

> I think MacFixit.com, and/or MacAddict had some articles describing this

> process.

> 

> Personally, I got an eMachines for ~400$ that runs my PC programs and tests

> my files on.

> 

> 

>> Hi everybody,

>> 

>> I'm a mac-user (for about twelve year as a graphic designer and the last

>> few years doing some web-design and since a few months trying to learn

>> Flash) and I read about all this software like Swift, Vecta3D, Swish

>> etc. which can only be used on pc. Is it stupid to ask if they work on a

>> mac while using Virtual PC? Does it work and if so can somebody give me

>> some more info about it?

>> 

>> Thanks a lot

>> Albert Deyaert

>> (no, not the king of Belgium, he probably has mac and pc both!)

>> 



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