VPC 5 OSX : So $*&% slow!

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hugheba

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I thought that OS X provided for better performance for software emulation...or is that just for PPC to PPC instructions and not x86 to PPC?

I bought my upgrade to VPC 5 hoping from major speed boosts over their OSX preview version but was majorly disappointed when I got it installed.

I jumped over to my classic partition and booted off of it and was pleased with its performance, not any where near responsive as I'd want it to be but fast enough I wouldn't pull my hair out waiting for and IE browser window to open.

Is it just that OSX is much more resource intensive than Classic that I'd need a top of the line G? processor to do anything useful, or does the OSX version need to be rewritten in Cocoa to utilize OSX features ( assuming VPC5 was written in carbon ).

Or... Am I just going to have to face the fact that they'll never be fast and dependable enough x86 to PPC emulation software to replace the need to for an Intel box to do serious work with on OSX host platform?

Thoughts? Similar experiences? Technical insight? Please share your thoughs.
 
I;ve heard this from many VPC5 users. I use mine in OS 9 so it seems fine (faster than VPC4 in certain OSes, especially in w2k, solaris and so on).

I think that VPC5 is just a better carbonized version of VPC4 with some improvements. In order for apps to take advantage of OS X's abilities to better emulate other systems these apps must be written from the ground up, and this has not happened yet.


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