>I am interested in obtaining
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>better CPU usage efficiency if possible, but I'm wondering if these
>newer applications will actually put more of a load on my CPU, an Intel
>820 Dual Core P4.
You will find that VPC2007 will be pretty similar speed-wise on your
system, though it might be *slightly* faster.
There is no additional load on the system, so that's not a worry.
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>Do either of these newer apps have additional features that I might find
>worthwhile? Vista compatibility is not currently a concern. Thanks!
If Vista compatibility is not much of a concern and since you don't
have VT hardware, you don't have much to gain other than running the
latest supportable version.
--
Bob Comer
On Sat, 30 May 2009 13:22:18 -0500, John <notme@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>I am currently using MS Virtual PC 2004 on a Windows XP Pro system. I
>use it to run a second instance of XP for experimentation, to avoid the
>risk of messing up my main system. The host computer has 4GB of RAM, and
>I have allocated 1GB of RAM to the virtual XP.
>
>I have downloaded both MS Virtual PC 2007 SP1 and MS Virtual Server 2005
>R2 SP1, but I have yet to try either of them. How should I expect them
>to perform relative to MS Virtual PC 2004? I am interested in obtaining
>better CPU usage efficiency if possible, but I'm wondering if these
>newer applications will actually put more of a load on my CPU, an Intel
>820 Dual Core P4.
>
>Do either of these newer apps have additional features that I might find
>worthwhile? Vista compatibility is not currently a concern. Thanks!
>
>John