Hi Shaun, Regarding virtual machines for playing older games etc unfortunately performance will always be something of an issue. You need a lot of ram and CPU power to run a guest operating system in memory and get something like native performance. As a rule of thumb the more ram and CPU power you have to throw at it the better it will run, but it still isn't quite as good as running it on a system natively. However, I personally do not see a better alternative at this point.
Both Mac and Linux have Windows emulators, but those are frankly a pain in the butt to get working properly. I've tried playing games like Shades of Doom under Wine on Linux and the game constantly crashes. Others like Jim Kitchen's games work fine on Linux used with Wine. However, emulating software is hit and miss, and is not a perfect solution in any case. To be perfectly honest if someone like yourself is that concerned about hanging onto your older games and applications the best choice is to hold onto your older computer, keep XP on it, and just use it for that expressed purpose. For everything else you can use your new Windows computer for the Internet, e-mail, newer games, etc. That is the only way to have your cake and eat it too. cheers! On 12/19/13, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well I hope this does not come off to strong, but the reason I am > still hanging on to xp is because some games, missippi, and the gma > games gtc, lonewolf and sod really don't work that well witn 7. > There is also the vb6 issue that will probably eventually come up. > Now if the games we have that are done on old code could be updated > if they are not being so allready then thats fine. > If I know some of those old games will run on better oses, well. > The other issue is I still have a lot of dos programs eamon mainly > and want either a emulator like dosbox or a 32 bit dos extender that > will run on top of windows as part of its command prompt I can use to > run 16 bit games in 32 bit mode. > I am also looking for accessable vertual machine software that won't > slow down the system. > on my i5 with 4gb ram, vmware player's vertual machines will slow > down to almost nothing. > vmware itself really makes my x64 bit system shudder, its in 32 bit > mode mainly because I only use 32 bit software and guess what? > everything else runs fine I can even run vocaliser express without it > stuttering like my xp box does. > > I also like the win xp sound recorder for some of the sound stuff I > do as a basic program. > If I can satisfy all those needs, then I'll get my xp box which has a > few issues and chuck it out the window, I'll even record it and > upload the file to the web. > But I doubt I'll ever get all I want so I am really not sure what I will > do. > My plan is to buy a micro server or a box with insane cpu, ram smart > cards and hard drive space and load it up with vms and software that > I can remotely boot off anywhere I am remotely and locally. > That has its own challenges. > However bar that the only other thing I will do is have an xp machine > always which will probably mean having an extra system. > It may mean running an old version of nvda to but I really have no > solution. > If there is any way for me to have my cake and eat it then please share. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
