Old programs and hardware pre vista
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Must of the stuff you have mention works in Win 7. I used Office 2003 prior to an invite to test Office 2010. The oldest version of Photoshop was CS2. Win 7 offers the use of Virtual PC for Win 7 along with XP Mode (XPM), both are in RC versions, and can be downloaded via Microsoft Download). The Virtual PC along with XPM allows you to run XP legacy applications. One problem with MS's Virtual PC is you must have the Virtual Chip installed within the hardware of your computer. Albeit, there are a couple of good Virtual Machine applications available: Virtual Box, and VMware's Workstation that can be used to run XP, or any other OS you might want to run. Hope this gives you some ideas.
.Must of the stuff you have mention works in Win 7. I used Office 2003 prior to an invite to test Office 2010. The oldest version of Photoshop was CS2. Win 7 offers the use of Virtual PC for Win 7 along with XP Mode (XPM), both are in RC versions, and can be downloaded via Microsoft Download). The Virtual PC along with XPM allows you to run XP legacy applications. One problem with MS's Virtual PC is you must have the Virtual Chip installed within the hardware of your computer. Albeit, there are a couple of good Virtual Machine applications available: Virtual Box, and VMware's Workstation that can be used to run XP, or any other OS you might want to run. Hope this gives you some ideas.
My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP Pavilion a4302f
- OS
- Win 7 Pro x64, VM Win XP, Win7 Pro Sandbox, Kubuntu 11
- CPU
- AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 640 @ 3.0 Gbz
- Memory
- 12GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB, 2x2GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Radeon HD 4350 HD Graphics/Audio with 512MB
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1. Dell 23" SP2307, 2. Mitsublishi 40" HDTV, Hannspree 25"
- Screen Resolution
- 1. 2048x1152, 2. 1920-1080, 3. 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- Int: 1 120 Gig SSD i
1 - 2.5" 500 USB External HDD
1 -1 Tb USB External HDD
- Case
- Mid Tower
- Cooling
- Standard Fans - 5 fans (very quiet)
- Keyboard
- Microsoft Wireless 2000
- Mouse
- Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 10 Mbit (realistically 500 Kbit - 1.2 Mbit)
- Other Info
- Speakers - Bose Desktop (Excellent Sound)
1 external CD|DVD\Blue-ray Recorders/Players (Sony)
Thank you
Appreciate the response with a good explanation Time to get a new computer and I love my old software, us older users don't like change so this change might not be so bad.
Bksalt
Welcome to SevenForums bksalt
Must of the stuff you have mention works in Win 7. I used Office 2003 prior to an invite to test Office 2010. The oldest version of Photoshop was CS2. Win 7 offers the use of Virtual PC for Win 7 along with XP Mode (XPM), both are in RC versions, and can be downloaded via Microsoft Download). The Virtual PC along with XPM allows you to run XP legacy applications. One problem with MS's Virtual PC is you must have the Virtual Chip installed within the hardware of your computer. Albeit, there are a couple of good Virtual Machine applications available: Virtual Box, and VMware's Workstation that can be used to run XP, or any other OS you might want to run. Hope this gives you some ideas.
Appreciate the response with a good explanation Time to get a new computer and I love my old software, us older users don't like change so this change might not be so bad.
Bksalt
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I agree all the mentioned software seems to run fine in Win 7. As far as change, I tend to resist it like the pleague. Right now I am building a new pc just to run XP (old machine died a horrible death) which I have already done for Win 7.
I love the idea that MS has finally took a step in the right direction to allow a new OS to run old applications. The ultimate layout of dollars is far more for software than a new pc and operation system will ever cost.
That is just my opinion.
I love the idea that MS has finally took a step in the right direction to allow a new OS to run old applications. The ultimate layout of dollars is far more for software than a new pc and operation system will ever cost.
That is just my opinion.
My Computer
- OS
- Windows 7 Pro
- CPU
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) Duel CPU E2200 2.20 Ghz
- Motherboard
- GA-G41M-ES2L
- Memory
- 4 gb 2.96 Usable
- Graphics Card(s)
- Onboard
- Sound Card
- Onboard
- Hard Drives
- 2 - 1TB WD Sata Drives