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Old 24th September 2010 | 11:02
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mixture
 
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fred737,

So question is does anybody know if Apple are going to produce PC Emulator software for the IPAD?
Stand back and think about what you are asking for a minute.

Let's put the whole Apple vs PC thing to one side.....

Would you expect a PC Emulator on your Blackberry ? Would you expect a PC emulator on your xyz smartphone ? Would you expect a PC emulator on your iPhone ?

Do you know how much memory and processing power is needed to properly emlulate a PC ? Think about what that would do to your battery life ?

You need to remember that the iPad processor was heavily customised by Apple in order to optimise it for use in the iPad (Apple A4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) .... so it's not your generic "jack of all trades, master of none" Intel / AMD off the shelf job.

Think about why Microsoft only got as far as WindowsCE / Windows Mobile for their smartphones.

Believe me, I too would LOVE to see an iPad PC emulator, but I know that realistically, it ain't going to happen any time soon.

Your best bet is a remote access tool.... will update shortly with a few names.

Sorry to sound so negative.

UPDATE :
Teamviewer HD / Timeviewer Pro HD
Wyse PocketCloud

UPDATE (2) :

See also Top 10 remote desktop applications | IT PRO


UPDATE(3) :

The PPRuNe link system seems to be broken at the time of writing, so :

Link 1 above =
Code:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A4
Link 2 above =
Code:
www.itpro.co.uk/625588/top-10-remote-desktop-applications

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