Hi Keith, I run WinXP in a Parallels 4 virtual machine, Legacy works just fine this way. I don't know much about VMware, I tried a demo copy years back and didn't like it. A virtual machine would give you the security you want while using your copy of WinXP.
Based on the following post by Sherry in Legacy Family Tree Technical Support, perhaps you could install your Legacy version 7 on both your laptop and desktop machine and forget about version 6: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08640.html I would suggest you update your version 7 to the latest available to minimize potential problems with bugs in earlier versions. Version 7.5 is to be released on 17 Jan 2011. Laird On 12/31/2010 12:28 PM, [email protected] wrote: > First, I asked a question last Spring and got promptly taken out for a couple > of > months by a lightning strike, so I didn't see any answers. Belated thanks > though, to anyone who did. > > I also have a cross platform question. I normally run two computers, an early > Windows, for backward hardware and software compatibility, and a later one > (now > XP) dual boot with Ubuntu Linux. My wife has a Vista laptop. I run Legacy > Deluxe > on one machine and the corresponding free version is run on the laptop. I > couldn't get both Legacy 6 and 7 to coexist under XP for transition, as they > collided on a Registry entry, so we are still using Legacy 6 and probably > won't > change until 7.5 works fully for the general public. > > I've just changed out the motherboard/CPU for the oldest machine to upgrade > to a > dual core 64 bit, installed Ubuntu 10.4 (AMD 64), and plan to also install > that > on the other desktop. For security and other reasons, I would like to quit > Microsoft entirely, but no Linux genealogy program matches Legacy - or even > reasonably compares. > > I find Legacy 7 still won't run under Wine, though it does have a reported > bronze rating for Crossover. Since I own my copy of XP, I could run that > legally > in a virtual box like VMware, to run Legacy 6/7 directly, in emulation > perhaps, > or physically isolated using a swappable bay IDE disk in the reserve machine > via > VNC or equivalent. Any comment, advice or relevant experience would be much > appreciated. > > Keith Britton > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
