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virtual pc

by johnbaladees Mar 1, 2008 7:55PM PST

hi,
so this is me first ever post on this forum, so to get to the point.
i have installed virtual PC on my mac powerbook G4 and then tried to install XP Pro into virtual PC, I got to the point of agreeing to the terms, it says to press F8 to agree or ESC to cancel, arrows to page down but for some reason it will not work. so basically none of the entree bottons work. any ideas ???????

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by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 1, 2008 8:47PM PST

You may have already been down this route but,

Don't you have to use the fn key on the powerbook to make the F keys work?

Just a thought.

BTW, apart from being a duplicate, your other post was deleted for language.

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by johnbaladees Mar 1, 2008 10:14PM PST

oh ok call me an idoit just like my girlfriend hjeheheheheh thanks will give it a try

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thanks
by johnbaladees Mar 1, 2008 11:26PM PST

well its up loading now, i think this is the first a forum has help me, even though it was so simple
so thanks again, but i must say its very strange to now have a windows system again, i think the last PC a had went out the window because of it crashing alll the time heheheheheeh lets hope mac can better its system hehehehehhehehhhehhe

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by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 2, 2008 1:25AM PST

Glad to help.

There is no doubt that the Mac can do better than Windows but you seem determined to prove otherwise.
Running VPC on a Mac just gives you a pretty slow emulation of a Pentium II running at 600Mhz.
Windows XP running on that would be slow on any machine, let alone your G4.

Not a good comparison at all. Remember that even though you are running XP on that Mac, XP is just as vulnerable, Virus's, as it would be running on a WinBox.

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macs are ****** proof.... windows isn't.
by Me, Myself and You Mar 13, 2008 6:25PM PDT

for the most part at least.

i.e., not being an idiot means you won't screw up Windows.

^_-

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