Alright i have some PC games i want to play on my mac, I have Virtual PC but i am having trouble installing the games, also i heard VPC doesn't play games very well. I remember my friend used to have a program like "Orange PC" or something like 4 or 5 yeras ago that allowed him to play PC games like tomb raider? Any help would be appriciated, i just want to know a program that will play games well.

I remember an Orange PC PCI card that was a hardware/software solution, it was a PC on a PCI card that you could use.
Try eBay for one.

Alright thanks, do u know which would be better to play games with vpc, soft pc or softwindows98?? thanks for the help

It'll really depend on what you're going to run. If you're just gonna play some old-skool Tomb Raider or whatever, an OrangePC 166 card should handle things well.

Other than that, you have to consider that the price of some of these Windows emulator packages / hardware is so bloody expensive that it's worth it to buy a cheap PC box instead and just use that. :P Plus, we won't even start on the stability / compatibility issues. :)

It really depends on what kind of games you want to play. Starcraft? Sure, get a PC-on-a-card. Newer stuff? Buy a PC with a decent 3D card and go from there.

(Edit - never mind, you've already got VPC5. Noticed your other post. Install that, run it under OS9 - trust me, it's better like this - or OSX in fullscreen mode, and play your PC games.)

Merc

I have virtual PC 4 on a G4 with 400mhz & 192Megs and I can run games like roller coaster tycoon with no problem. I tried installing Monopolly tycoon and the computer would freeze up. If I want to play PC game I try to look for MHZ requirements that are equall to roller coaster. I have not tried playing games on Virtual PC 5 which is OSX compatible.

i used VP4 on an oold style imac, but depsite looking and running just liek a PC - found i could never really load anyuthing - far too slow, and it would hang all the time (mor so than a real PC hahahahah! :) ) i like the suggestion f buying a cheap pc - or do what i did bought a nice PSone that plays backups - much more fun!