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Overview:

MICROSOFT IN VIRTUAL PC

Microsoft the Software Giant has released the Microsoft Virtual PC for its Release candidate, “Windows 7”.

It emulates program for Mac OS X on PowerPC-based systems [4].

User-centric”

• The software was originally developed by Connectics.

• In July 2006 Microsoft released the Windows-hosted version as a free product.

• Now available with windows 7

History:

Features of Virtual PC

Features : - (Contd…)

System Requirements

• System requirements for Windows Virtual PC[6]:

• 1+ GHz processor (32- or 64-bit) AMD-VTM or Intel VT hardware virtualization must be supported and enabled

• 1.25 GB memory required (2 GB recommended)

• Additional 15 GB of hard disk space per virtual Windows environment recommended