Dale, good morning.

 DS> I have a lot of legacy software and hardware that I've managed to get
 DS> working on my Win7 computer, but I'm not sure what would happen to them
 DS> if I changed.

	Ditto here. I run all kinds of old software.

 DS> Software -- a large number of 16 bit DOS applications.

	The only problem here will be if you try running 16-bit software on a
64-bit CPU, it will not. I will run on a 32-bit CPU, strange to say the
least. Your option is as you did before, a VM.

 DS>> I'd like to hear some pros & cons for making the change or just
 DS>> leaving things as they are.

	No con here, except the a/m bitness.

 HG>> but once I'll get the Classic Shell installed, I think I'll get
 HG>> accustomed to it.

	I can not see why Holger wants to run Classic Shell, a personal desire, I
presume. Let us not forget that W-10 is still a Windows and its pedigree
goes back 30 years, they have not made a new OS just dressed it up a
trifle. All CLIs are still usable. Safe mode is still with us and I use it
at times.

	All best wishes.

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