The OS X component (6th DL above) is for very early versions of Mac OS X, circa 2001 and is a BETA. You can try running it on QEMU, however don't expect you can get the maximum performance (compared when running via qemu-system-i386). Incompatible with SheepShaver because it lacks MMU (it shows an error message and broken graphics).
CompatibilityĪrchitecture: PPC PPC (Carbonized) x86 (Windows) It Just Keeps Getting Better (Web Archive). This means you would be unable to play 3D games requiring GL graphic support with this version. Note: Virtual PC 4.x lacks support for 3D cards. Download page for Bootable floppy disk images: ( Sys. You can simply drag these onto the Virtual PC "eject floppy" button, and Virtual PC will use (and boot from) them. I've tried to make it easy by including various Windows boot floppy images in Macintosh DiskCopy format. Installing and configuring Windows is usually a tedious and frustrating process.
The second disc contains the Windows 2000 Professional extra system files (you can't install Windows 2000 from there through) and Virtual PC additions, which only readable on the PC. The first disc contains the VPC 4.0 installer with Windows 2000 hard disk files.
You can also install the OS/2 Warp, Red Hat Linux, Windows 3.1, and more operating systems without additions. You can make the hard disk image and install or upgrade to Windows 95/98/NT4/2000/ME if you want and for full functionality, install the additions. It doesn't include any hard disk files, it requires valid copy of Virtual PC 3.0 to install.
It's updates the components of earlier versions, with better support for Windows ME, NT4, 2000, partial XP compatibility and several bug fixes. G3 and G4 upgraded systems will perform acceptably with Windows ME and 2000. Faster PowerPC systems will perform acceptably with Windows 95 and 98. Slower PowerPC systems will want to stick with DOS or Windows 3.1. Virtual PC is PC emulation software that provides users with the ability to run various Windows operating systems and software at reduced speed, right on their Macintosh, including DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, ME, and 2000.