then there is me with some OLDER sw I really do not want to loose. Lost some when I went to XP that I liked and I got over it. Some I could loose, Byelines maybe but I have a older envelope program that was a pain to get to run in XP but I succeeded and really do not want to loose that. Some quick searches came up with some possible replacements but then there is the no transferable data file of 25 years of addresses. Bummer. Probably more I would not miss or find substitutes. I'm sure my HW is up to par on main box ( a64 3400 ) but I hesitate to go even xp64. I am getting ready to bump up the main box so I may throw in a spare drive and mess with a clean install of Vista Business. >:-} I do have a newer version of System Guardian ( Standby Disk ) for backup. Wouldn't leave home without it.
Like I said I do run it on my server and there are some things I like. HW is OLD. AMD 3200 barton and 1gb ram on sata drives. FF runs great but so does IE. Hate the way they make me dig for info that was on top b4. Everything is still there, just a interface change. Why, for grins. Nero works OK and so does my FTP SW. Was a pain in the beginning even getting AV sw. Word is in the fall there is going to be SP1 which will be a full kernel rebuild so how good is it , really. MS needs better backward compatibility with SW but the reality is they want you to buy all new. Hate Office 07 and will not run it in my main box. NEW not compatible extension with old programs format. WTF M$ That said unless this is WInME II and the everyone one bust it is here to stay and the future since MS says they are not going to ship anymore XP. pretty much decided to put XP back in my customer's box that was stolen. ( building new system) He is familiar with it, his sw works etc. over fp At 05:10 PM 9/5/2007, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: >Honestly, the only four situations in which I won't recommend Vista to >somebody is if (1) they're a developer that uses Visual Studio (VS2005 just >seems quirky under Vista), (2) they need to VPN and the VPN provider has yet >to release Vista-compatible software (I hate you, Cisco), (3) they're >running old hardware, or (4) they're an HTPC power-user, as a number of >third party video players are still struggling with Aero. The impact here, >however, is just that Windows drops out of Aero Glass mode. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- C programming means never having to say you're done.
