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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Every computer is capable of running QT5 when you run it in a VM that can emulate the needed hardware. So what exactly is the problem?
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The problem is usable performance.
Remember a Virtualised Machine emulates all the hardware apart from the CPU which is shares with the host OS. So if your actual CPU doesn't support SSE2 then your VM won't either. So no QT5.
What you can do is emulate the whole machine, including CPU, with something like Qemu. But that will be much much slower.
And even a VM on a machine old enough to not have SSE2 is going to run like a dog unless you run a really old OS on it. But I doubt you can run the software you need on Windows 95.
Also to create a Windows VM you need the install media for Windows for generic hardware and a valid license. Many people don't have that. They have perhaps the ability to restore the PC to the version of Windows it came with and the license almost certainly is not transferable. A legal technicality perhaps but still.
Wine or dual-booting is a better solution IMO/IME.