Windows 7

[josh.p.]

It carries the 'Made for Windows Vista' sticker on it, so I assume it was intended to have Vista ran on it...

must be below spec for vista josh my laptop is really quick. firefox on mine open instantly

im wondering if i can get W7 for my lappy and my quick desktop

the thing im looking forward to is xp mode so i can use my scanner and not have a dual booting xp and vista desktop to free up lots of hdd space and to save me buying a new scanner

[Taja]

I stuck with Windows XP and avoided Vista like the plague!

Does anyone know if Windows 7 runs DOS software? I still have some ancient stuff that I have to use for work. Can't change to Windows 7 if I can't run DOS.

Hope to update after it's been out a while and other people have worked out some of the bugs!

[ukwdwnut]

It carries the 'Made for Windows Vista' sticker on it, so I assume it was intended to have Vista ran on it...

needs a min of 2gb of ram tho josh to run at best.

you can get a spec that says min req to run it but it will run like a dog, and that may be what your nan has, and then there is the needs spec to run at its best.

check how much ram it has if only 1gb order her another 1gb if you go on the crucial memory website download the scanner it will tell you how much is in there what slots are free and what memory to order

[ukwdwnut]

I stuck with Windows XP and avoided Vista like the plague!

Does anyone know if Windows 7 runs DOS software? I still have some ancient stuff that I have to use for work. Can't change to Windows 7 if I can't run DOS.

Hope to update after it's been out a while and other people have worked out some of the bugs!

i like vista

but when keith told me the strains it puts the cpu and hard drives under im switching to W7

it has an XP mode but taja come on who on earth runs dos progs nowadays

[catrancher]

it has an XP mode but taja come on who on earth runs dos progs nowadays

Maybe someone's still running "Adventure"!

A hollow voice says "Plugh"!

And yes, I know Adventure was originally for the PDP-10, not DOS.

Tom (... am I dating myself... or what? xyzzy!)

[Tink]

There are some billing softwares, and programs still here in some fields that are using DOS even now. I run into them all the time. State programs (by that I mean social service programs, not computer ) can only afford minimal upgrades and many still run on DOS.

WinASAP is one; it's a billing system for some Medicaid programs ...

To answer your question...

[josh.p.]

Lot's of call centres still use DOS stuff too.

[Taja]

i like vista

but when keith told me the strains it puts the cpu and hard drives under im switching to W7

it has an XP mode but taja come on who on earth runs dos progs nowadays

Believe it or not, there is some accounting software that is available only in DOS! It's necessary to literally access the C prompt to do a number of things!

Thankfully, I don't use them very often--just a couple of times each month. But they're still the only ones available for the specific applications.

[ukwdwnut]

omg they all live in yesteryear

[Taja]

omg they all live in yesteryear

Yeah, they do. They're industry-specific analysis applications, and the developers/owners are older than dirt--and me!. They have so much time and money in the development and database that they don't want to change to a different OS and start all over again.

And I really don't want to have to write my own applications and develop the databases! Which could happen!