windows on panther?

[JMalin]

Hey,
I've had a ibook g4 with panther for a while
and i know its kind of outdated but i was wondering

what is the best way to run windows on an ibook G4 with panther?

 

[Peace]

The only way is by using Microsoft's Virtual PC.

 

[mkrishnan]

Best? Honestly....

Your options:

1) Download Q -- a free emulator on which Windows can run. There are other similar programs, but I think it's one of the better ones.

2) Find and purchase a used copy of Microsoft's VPC

3) If you have a Windows computer, enable remote desktop sharing and then use the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client to log into it.

Option (3) is the only one that will provide very usable performance. I have an old copy of VPC with Win2k sitting around somewhere... it's much faster than Q, but still brutally slow.

 

[JMalin]

alrighty i'll give those a try
thanks a lot!

 

[SuperCompu2]

I have an iBook G3, and I've used Remote Desktop with my Thinkpad to much success. Provides a quick-fix if windows is needed for a small task alongside OS X. My iBook also runs 10.3.9, so this may be a good option to seek.

Beware, though. Remote Desktop Connection requires XP Pro to use most easily.

 

[mkrishnan]

Yeah, if you have access to a real Windows device, Remote Desktop is absolutely the best option. You can do very usable Windows over the network, even over the public internet, from a relatively old computer.