The latest version of Virtual PC supports up to Windows 7, but can additionally run on 圆4 editions of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 with an unofficial patch, and x86 editions of Windows 10 without a patch. The Mac version of Virtual PC is an x86 emulator compatible with PowerPC Macs, while the Windows version is a native x86 hypervisor utilizing dynamic recompilation and hardware-assisted virtualization. Originally developed by Connectix Corp as Connectix Virtual PC, it was acquired by Microsoft on 19 February 2003.
Virtual PC is a PC-compatible virtualization platform by Microsoft. Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 booting Windows 98 build 1559.