Does anyone run a virtual PC?
by that you mean a computer in a virtualized environment?
I've done it a few times, why?
I'm trying to run an old Windows 95/98 game on ..Windows 7, it worked on my Windows XP computer but as usual Windows 7 fails on all levels of compatibility. Wondering if it is worth setting up a virtual pc running Windows XP or is it a complicated process?
1. 64 bit will not run 16 bit applications.
2. Your best bet is dosbox for 9x and dos games.
3. the only virtualized environment that I know of that functional supports direct3d at any decent level is vmware and I haven't tried it myself because I'm a cheap ***.
4. I solved that problem by dual booting my laptop with XP and 7. Finding the XP drivers wasn't easy though, I had to resort to slipstreaming driverpacks then manually finding the graphics driver. I believe I still haven't found the blutooth driver but I never use that feature so meh.
5. Microsoft Virtualbox (the last independent release of it) doesn't support USB devices, and I can't recall how well it does with directx. Windows XP mode (windows 7 pro and above) doesn't support hardware acceleration, needed for things like FF7 (original).
short and curly: FF7 and FF8 aside: I'd use dosbox. For those two in particular I have another method. Or I'd just dualboot with XP.
help any?