Note that if you run Win XP in a virtual environment, you'll still have the
same security issues that you might face running XP 'natively'.

On 12/31/2013, 10:40 PM, Daryl Stout -> Dale Shipp wrote:
 DS> Dale...

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

 DS>    The main reason is the security updates. But, if I don't have to do
 DS> ANYTHING about upgrading, that suits me just fine. I'm going to be
 DS> talking with a local area ham radio operator, who works in IT locally...
 DS> and get his feedback.

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

 DS>    The more I hear about this, the less inclined I am to upgrade. As the
 DS> old saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

 DS>    Thanks for the comments.

 DS> Daryl

 DS> .. Windows VistaAndUp Virus: Renders all legacy 16-bit programs useless.
 DS> --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49

 DS> --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS

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