Hi Ralph, I did not primarily because I did not research W7 very much. My buy was very impulsive as I was in a hurry to get a replacement for the stolen computer.
Given Rich's experience, I might look into a new laptop with 32-bit Win7 and a back-lit keyboard. All the best, Tony -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ralph Alvy Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 2:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DP and Windows 7 64-bit Tony, On your Windows 7 64-bit computer, did you try upgrading it to Windows 7 Pro and then install XP Mode on it, and then test DP in that mode? On 11/16/2011 12:27 PM, Tony Perez wrote: > When my XP box was stolen on a trip, I replaced it with a W7 64bit. > Trying to run DP on it was overwhelming. I talked to a hardware person > who wanted to charge me>$500 to "try" to get DP running in a 32bit environment in W7. > I ended up buying a refurbished XP laptop with MS Office 2003 for< > $300 and use that one for DP stuff. _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
