-=> On 12-29-13  03:28,  Daryl Stout <=-
 -=> spoke to All about Upgrade Question <=-

 DS> 1) My Mom's desktop, Windows XP Professional, SP 3
 DS> 2) My 2 desktops, Windows XP Professional, SP3
 DS> 3) My 2 laptops, one with Windows XP Professional, SP3,
 DS> and the other with Windows Vista (the latter snagged
 DS> at a ham radio flea market for $100, when the first
 DS> laptop supposedly died (it runs on AC only now).

 DS> The problem that we have is that NONE of the computers
 DS> have the BIOS or motherboard to run Virtual Mode of
 DS> Windows XP under Windows 7. Plus, both of us are disabled,
 DS> and on a fixed income. So, we can't afford to throw out
 DS> perfectly good and working hardware and software, just to
 DS> satisfy Microsoft's corporate greed.

My question is why would you want to "upgrade" to Win 7?  I'm running
Windows 7 on my desktop, but have to run my BBS on my wife's XP desktop
-- and intend to continue doing that as long as I can.

I will also add that I read echomail on my computer in a virtual XP
window (accessing the files via local networking), and it is no where
near as responsive as the native XP on her computer.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)



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