Thread: Windows Vista Business or XP Pro SP3 ??

Thanks incisor.

Run the older OS's in a window .... meaning, I have to (have a copy to install) and install each DOS & Win98SE & XP as well as Win7 .... 4 OS's loaded. 1 x native, and 3x which run in a virtual machine ??

Kev..

Originally Posted by Fluids

I think this is a slightly earlier A10 ... release date on .pdf doc' from ToshibaAU is July08 ... 18 months ago. It's now listed as a discontinued model, but is coming new in the box with full Toshiba AU warranty.

Mac! ?? LOL ... tryin' to kick the burger habit ...

Will Win7 run my older DOS & Win95/98 programs ?? ... will VISTA run them ?? ... some of them I cannot live without.

???..

Probably not an exhaustive software list but you could try here. Whether it goes back to DOS era programmes is another question

Vista Software Compatibility Center

Windows 7 Software Compatibility Center

If you find your DOS programs are not compatable and you can't do without them you can use DOS emulators such as 'DOSBox' (free) directly from within XP, Vista or Win 7. I use it for some old DOS stuff I have which will not even run under XP.

Provided all service packs are applied to Vista I think you will find it is not quite as bad as you might be expecting.

Whatever you choose make sure its not Vista. Slow, bloated, and most businesses were smart enough to give it a miss.

XP is bullet-proof and been around for a long time now. You should be able to find information on ANY issue you happen to have.

Windows 7 seemed to be stable when we tested various pre-production releases at work, but our first actual "release" install a couple of days ago has had a couple of glitches that we hadn't had previously.

Out of interest, did you have to replace the hard drive at all on your old notebook during the 9 years?
I think that drives were made a lot better back then and seemed to last longer (either that or the old operating systems didn't hammer them so hard).
I've seen numerous hard disk failures on notebooks over the last few years - starting at about 2 years old and quite common when over 3 years old. If we redeploy a notebook thats over 3 years old we usually replace the hard disk as a preventative measure.

Steve

Originally Posted by incisor

what issues you having...

runs like a treat on my old laptop....

Sometimes it just likes to have a rest. Mysterious browser crashes, recovers very nicely just about every time. Flash crashes, Acrobat crashes. Problem installing Office. Registry problem between Chrome and FF.

Slow-ish.

Nothing terminal, just mildly irritating.

Originally Posted by incisor

buy a mac

Yep, and like buying my 74 RRC, everyday in so many ways I'm glad I did.

cheers, DL

Vista is evil avoid it at all costs
XP SP3 is pretty good I personally think Windows 7 is the go
Windows 7 is really Vista Sp4 its very stable quite frankly I think its better than XP.
Oh I make my living fixing XP

Originally Posted by Fluids

Thanks incisor.

Run the older OS's in a window .... meaning, I have to (have a copy to install) and install each DOS & Win98SE & XP as well as Win7 .... 4 OS's loaded. 1 x native, and 3x which run in a virtual machine ??

Kev..

just install 98 as that gives you dos and winblows...

plenty of suitable images around.....

Originally Posted by PhilipA

However as your ancilliaries die I would think you will find it increasingly difficult to get XP drivers for new printers etc, as MS will at some stage drop XP.
Regards Philip A

Thanks Phillip A ... point taken. Had many colleagues who went through that drama in the music business who now have some lovely paperweights! Printers seem to not last too long these days, so drivers may be an issue for XP down the track. Good point!

I'm running XP Pro SP2 on the newer SatPro4600 (the one I'm typing on now). Apart from the fact it's a bit slow, it works OK.

My main concern is keeping the work environment as close to zero admin' as possible ... I'm the IT dude, and salesman, mechanic, accounts clerk, purchasing officer, storeman, customer relations manager .... and I have 3x other PC's which need to all talk over the network .... looks like they may all have to go UP to XP from 98SE ...

At least I can make XP LOOK like Win98SE ...

Thanks. Kev..