

This was also the first version to be ported to Windows to run on PCs. Support for Windows 2000 was added support for other operating systems could be added more easily through pre-configured OS Packs. Disk images containing the Windows installation could be dynamically resized. Version 4 was released in 2001 with up to double the performance through support for the PowerPC G4 Velocity Engine. Version 3 was released in 1999 with improved performance and USB support for Mac OS 9 users running Windows 98.

Apple offered Virtual PC 2.0 with Windows 95 for free to purchasers of a Power Macintosh G3 computer.

Version 2 was released in 1998 and added support for Windows 98. Registered users of SoftWindows were offered a competitive rebate. It allowed Power Macintosh computers to emulate a PC to run DOS, OS/2, Windows, or OpenStep. The software was first released in June 1997 as Connectix Virtual PC.
