If you have better than a 1gHz G4 you should be fine running Win2k in emulation. I was able to run Win98 in emulation fairly well on my Pismo, but that was under OS9. The OSX version has more overhead. I'd suggest trying to pick up a used G4 Powerbook or iBook and go from there. That'll be your least expensive solution.
Just my $0.02.
-Hal
On Jul 18, 2004, at 7:53 PM, Les Riess wrote:
I currently have a Pismo 400 with OS 9.1, however, because of a new career that I started, I either want to buy a new PowerBook or add a PC to my inventory. I'm selling real estate and the Real Estate Board website (Multi-list system) is only accessible if you use the absolute latest version of IE and download Active-X. Even PC owners who are not using IE 5.5 can't access the Multi-list. I won't go into how absurd that appears to me. BTW, I'm also a photographer that has a G4 at my studio, the Pismo is at home and for traveling.
I don't really want to buy a PC and have two different laptops, but I
will if that is the best way to go. I would need one that has a wireless
card and Windows XP Pro because our offices are set up for wireless, but
we need XP Pro. Don't ask me any questions about that because I don't
know Windowsspeak.
I don't really want to upgrade the Pismo and would rather buy a 15" 1.5 G4 Book.
Now to the crux of the matter. Do I buy a PC and have 2 different types of laptops, or, do I buy a new G4 PowerBook and run Virtual PC on it? I'll have more questions about that later. I know that G5 Books will probably not be out until next year and I don't want to wait that long. With that said, what are the chances of a revised G4 Book coming out later this fall?
Thanks for any help you can give. One other piece of info is that I'm on
digest mode for G-Books.
Les
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