Hi Corey-I have Win 7 Professional, and it allows creation of a virtual
machine running XP. I have three legacy bits of software that only run on
XP or older, and the VM runs them like socks on a rooster. The VM goes
on-line separately from Win7, and in fact needs it's own anti virus
software. I think it's too bad MS didn't include a virtual machine with
Win10 and newer.
On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 9:48 PM, Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I would guess by now that CJB has an answer to his question (and several
> alternatives).
>
> I would like to point out that one does not have to convert to Windows 10
> right away. Not now, not in your lifetime if you wish. For those using
> Win-7, you can expect support from Microsoft for the next 5-6 years and,
> Win-7 will run just fine (unsupported) for years after that. There is that
> annoying pop-up in Win-7 that reminds one to take advantage of the free
> upgrade which will supposedly go away in July of 2016. We'll see when next
> July comes around. What I did was to buy a refurb HD, clone the OS, then
> install the cloned drive and do the Win-10 upgrade. When all was done, I
> reinstalled the original boot drive with Win-7 and went back to work,
> storing the Win-10 drive for future use.
>
> FYI:
> My two ingest computers are running Win-XP and work just fine. The laptop
> that I'm writing this email on, along with one of the other PC's in our
> home are using XP and work just fine. And, (last but not least) a
> surprising percentage of corporate America is still using Win-XP.
>
> So, if you're an early adopter, go for it! If not, you can take your sweet
> time.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
>>
>>
>
--
Frank B Strauss, DMD
|