Virtual PC

<p>Virtual PC is a discontinued <a href="/facts/X86/Kypq5fgu">x86</a> <a href="/facts/Emulator/FMHE8qDj">emulator</a> software for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a> hosts and <a href="/facts/PowerPC/DqmM9y50">PowerPC</a>-based <a href="/facts/Mac_(computer)/8GhnXTK0">Mac</a> hosts. It was created by <a href="/facts/Connectix/MAXhFnNu">Connectix</a> in 1997 and acquired by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> in 2003, after which the program was renamed Microsoft Virtual PC. In July 2006, Microsoft released the Windows version free of charge. The Mac version was discontinued following the <a href="/facts/Mac_transition_to_Intel_processors/uJTbuLvM">transition to Intel processors</a> that same year.
</p><p>In 2009, Microsoft released Windows Virtual PC, which is only compatible with <a href="/facts/Windows_7/tldLdbnX">Windows 7</a> hosts, and is the technical foundation for the latter's Windows XP Mode. Windows Virtual PC does not officially support MS-DOS or operating systems older than <a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">Windows XP Professional SP3</a> as guests. Virtual PC was discontinued in 2011 in favour of <a href="/facts/Hyper-V/3Qm0yJsv">Hyper-V</a>.
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Virtual PC