Well, one of our customers has decided to update some of their workstations and wants to run Windows Vista.
We'll need to obtain a machine to test our vertical-niche FoxPro 7 application on Vista and make the changes necessary to run on that platform. Two questions for our esteemed forum: 1. Recommendation of a base machine to run Vista on for compatibility testing purposes? I'm thinking that just buying the OS (Vista Biz for $299) and trying to install it on a VM under Linux and then running it via RDP might introduce too many variables that would make testing and troubleshooting difficult, so I'd just buy an acceptable box, throw it in the data center and let us work on it as needed. How much processor, RAM and video should I spec? What can I expect a pre-built box to run me? Any recommendation on vendors? I can pick up a certified refurb Dell Lattitude D630: 2 Gb RAM, Core Duo 2.16, 14.1", 60 Gb SATA HDD for $729 or an equivalent OptiPlex for $539. Both have video cards w/ 256 mb. Is that sufficient? Bear in mind we'd just be using the machine for installation and support testing, not as a developer's workstation. 2. How to port a WinXP app to Vista? Is there a list of the gotchas moving to Vista and a set of work-arounds? For example, I know there will be permissions issues; the app is using the classic loader trick of starting a small VFP EXE, checking for updates on the server, downloading and chaining them. I understand Vista's security can be an issue here, and that there's some trick of using user-writable directories to cache executables; I'll have to visit the leafe.com archives for details. Has anyone collected a list of these tricks anywhere? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
