Help: Windows XP programs on Home Edition

[chrisco571]

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

 

[richc46]

Welcome

You could use compatiblity mode, there will be not problem.

Read this, if you have any further questions, the members will be here for you.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

 

[Frostmourne]

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.

 

[chrisco571]

scroll down for specs

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

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

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

Hello chrisco571, welcome to Seven Forums!


That should run Windows 7 really good.

 

[chrisco571]

just a random question

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]

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.

 

[chrisco571]

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 :/

 

[Lebon14]

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

You will be able to run some games, but not the latest unfortunately. If you are playing WoW, this laptop will be able to run it. But, I don't guarantee that it will run it on very high on all settings though. In general, it will run games that doesn't need a very good configuration.

If you want to game, get a desktop with a good Intel Core i5/i7 CPU, with a good dedicated card, then, you'll be ready to game most of the game (99% of the games) in a very confortable manner. But if the only thing you are playing is WoW... don't need too much of a computer for that... that laptop will run it.

EDIT

Oh and, most of the softwares will run on Windows 7. Don't worry

 

[Frostmourne]

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.

 

[chrisco571]

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.

Is that a bad thing? I havn't bought a new computer since the Windows XP era

 

[Frostmourne]

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.

Is that a bad thing? I havn't bought a new computer since the Windows XP era

Yes. You want

1) 4GB DDR3 1066MHz

2) 7 x64

3) Dedicated 512MB GPU, preferably ATI

4) 2.6GHz Core 2 Duo/ AMD Athlon X2

5) 500GB 7200RPM HDD.