The new SonicStage works with Virtual PC.
Make sure you have enough hard drive space.
A good idea is to burn ATAC3 disk for smooth transfer.
So here's a comparison of two machines:
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(Present)
G4 Titainium 667 w/512M ram
Virtual PC 5.0
Windows 2000
and ofcouse the new SonicStage.
"Works very well"
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(past)
G3 iBook 333mhz w 256M ram(Clam Shell)
"Yeah I know, but I got it for free."
Virtual PC 2.1
Windows 98
Old SonicStage that came with my MZ-N505.
"Super Sluggish"
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Here're the snags:
The USB connection only works in the classic mode (OS9).
I tried to transfer atac3 files from my MD to Puter. It failed.
VPC and Windows2000 takes up 2 gig.
VPC will not work with the new G5 and I haven't heard from Microsoft making a new OS9 version to work with G5 either.
Only if SONY decied to make a Linux or UNIX version of SonicStage. Than it will be easy to convert for MacOS.
I still think MD is worth consideration against the iPOD. MD's frequency response can not be matched by a HD mp3 player.
