On 06/30/2015 11:05 AM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
I don't think this qualifies as answers persay, but more just data
points really...
I have successfully installed & run Win7 x86 & x64 on Dell
Latitude D620, D630, D820 & D830. Not sure on the age, but they gotta
be getting on to around 7 years. The RAM they have varies between 2GB
& 4GB.
I have also installed Win8 x64 on a Latitude D830, then proceeded
to swap that drive into a D620. Yesterday, I just "upgraded" a D820
from WIn7x64 to Win10 x64 preview; 3GB RAM, we'll see how that goes...
In other words, you should not be using WinXP anymore unless you
have an app that just won't work with Win7.
Why not??!?
Fair question, easy answer. Security. Unless it's air-gapped, I
wouldn't put anything sensitive on WinXP. Every month, we are finding
out just how much WinXP is like swiss cheese.
Why do the experts advocate not using something that had been working?
Personally, I find Win7 runs about a fast as WinXP. Throw in
compatibility with newer stuff (comes in handy when taking a break from
the classics to deal with items from this decade, er, century....
The fact that you CAN "upgrade", doesn't seem to imply that you SHOULD.
Agreed. But RAM & HDD upgrades will improve performance.
In that case, ditch the program or run in a VM.
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Why?
I'd run only that one application in the WinXP VM. Everything else I
would do in the Win7/Linux/Unix/Mac host which is likely to be much more
secure. And you get better portability.
If the hardware is becoming too unreliable, . . .
If you need some sort of unavailable support, . . .
Otherwise, WHY change?
It's subjective, personal opinion, really when it comes down to it.
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