Are you saying that Win7pro runs XP software? All of it?
Need to buy a new computer...
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Posted 26 February 2010 - 09:56 PM
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Posted 26 February 2010 - 10:20 PM
You can get a version of Win7 with an XP partition so you can run XP software
I have Win7 Home Premium and love it!
I have Win7 Home Premium and love it!
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 12:04 AM
YESAre you saying that Win7pro runs XP software? All of it?
See here on the Win 7 version comparison page.
I know CS4 and LR2 will work, I just got the Win7 Pro upgrade disc for a friend who was using the trial version of Win 7 ultimate, no problem with using those programs on Win 7 Pro.
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 12:06 AM
You can get a version of Win7 with an XP partition so you can run XP software
I have Win7 Home Premium and love it!
Me too! But am gonna upgrade to Pro so I can use my CS4 and LR2 programs (which are XP versions)
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 09:51 AM
If it's not too expensive I shall buy it, assuming it will go onto this awful Vista computer I'm using. There are sorts of things I hate about Vista and I suspect several will carry through to "7", but my biggest beef is that I can't run much of my XP software and this will (apparently?) solve that. But how much is it?
Doesn't affect my decision to buy a Mac, mind.
Doesn't affect my decision to buy a Mac, mind.
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 10:50 AM
Microsoft.com has a diagnostic tool you can run on your machine to see if Win7 will work or not
my current laptop had Vista originally, which I hated; I really like Win7 even though I didn't go for the upgraded version that has the XP partition
my current laptop had Vista originally, which I hated; I really like Win7 even though I didn't go for the upgraded version that has the XP partition
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 03:35 PM
If it's not too expensive I shall buy it, assuming it will go onto this awful Vista computer I'm using. There are sorts of things I hate about Vista and I suspect several will carry through to "7", but my biggest beef is that I can't run much of my XP software and this will (apparently?) solve that. But how much is it?
Doesn't affect my decision to buy a Mac, mind.
You should research your decision by using the microsoft.com site for win 7.
My friend upgraded his Vista X64 machine, and loves it. I am using a X64 Vaio build with win7 home, soon to be pro.
What exactly about Vista do you hate, except that you were unable to use your XP software????
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Posted 28 February 2010 - 07:36 PM
I also like Win 7, although I avoided Vista, mostly because of 64-bit driver issues that weren't resolved until towards the end of Vista when Win 7 was on the horizon. I run it on all my PC systems (Did I mention I'm a computer geek? Multiple Win PCs, multiple Macs, and multiple linux boxes. 
) except the VMware virtual system on my MacBook Pro, which I have a copied purchased for, but haven't actually pull the trigger on yet.
The only software issue I ran into was a geeky port of a unix networking utility (winmtr) wasn't working, but then, I tend to keep my software up-to-date.
) except the VMware virtual system on my MacBook Pro, which I have a copied purchased for, but haven't actually pull the trigger on yet.The only software issue I ran into was a geeky port of a unix networking utility (winmtr) wasn't working, but then, I tend to keep my software up-to-date.
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