Joe...

JD>You might be surprised.  I ran windows 7, as well as windows 8 betas
JD>on 5 year old MBs.  You can download a test program from MS, to
JD>check compatibility.

  I know there was a utility to check if ones system could handle the
"virtual memory" of XP, but all my systems would need upgrading to pass
that test.

  My main concern is that I have a large number of legacy programs that
will run under 32-bit (such as under XP), but they will NOT work under
64-bit. The BBS is one of the last hobbies I can still do, and I can't
see upgrading the OS just to satisfy Microsoft's Corporate Greed (never
mind the cost), and then having to reinstall everything.

Daryl

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