Virtual PC creates a virtual Windows machine inside your Mac. You can copy and paste—and even drag and drop—files from Windows to your Mac, and vice versa. You can display a Windows Start menu, as well as the icons of your running Windows applications, in your OS X Dock.
If you need to run Windows programs on your Mac, Virtual PC is a godsend. But once you get past Windows XP’s garish, Dr. Seuss-like colors, you have to adjust to the sleepy pace. Microsoft describes Virtual PC as your Mac’s alter ego, but sometimes it can feel like the Mac’s evil twin. Microsoft hasn’t eliminated the main complaint that has dogged Virtual PC since it was first introduced seven years ago—slow performance
