Help: Windows XP programs on Home Edition

Hey,

Im thinking of buying a laptop, and it will come with Windows 7 Home Edition (32bit) I have read that Windows XP mode is only accessible in Windows 7 Professional+

I'm afraid that some of my programs wont run in windows 7 home edition, should I be? Will windows XP versions run fine in 7? Because on webstie there are windows vista and xp version downloads but none have 7, should I just download the XP version?

If my XP programs wont work, is there an alternate method to "Windows XP Mode"?

Thanks :)
Chris

If you have DOS apps, then probably not. Anything higher will most likely work. The easiest option is to switch to Win 7 compatible apps. Which laptop? x86 7 is rather rare.

im buying from tiger direct

Buy the MSI A6000-225US Notebook PC at TigerDirect.ca

scroll down to see the specs.

P.S anyone know about this laptop? it looks pretty good and i hear MSi is a good company

Hey, just a question out of the blue, would this laptop be able to handle 3D games well?

and do you know how it would do in Massive Multiplayer games. Just wondering thanks

Bare Foot Kid said:

chrisco571 said:

Hey, just a question out of the blue, would this laptop be able to handle 3D games well?

and do you know how it would do in Massive Multiplayer games. Just wondering thanks

Sorry mate, I don't game.

haha no problem, I dont either very much. No time anymore :/

I'd reconsider, the RAM is adequate (just), but the GPU is obsolete, the CPU is slow (Pentium?) and the whole laptop seems refreshed from the Vista era with 7 pre installed.