[Spridgets] Computer Question, No LBC...

[Jim Johnson]

One word:

LINUX

Cheers!!
Jimindodgecity

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 2:39 PM, <bjshov8 at tx.rr.com> wrote:

> I have been using PC's ever since the original IBM PC.  I upgraded my home
> computer to Win7 (32 bit), and so far it has run all of my software dating
> back years and years.  I haven't found anything it won't run.
>
> WinXP used to have the options of running programs in different
> compatibility modes.  I don't know if Win7 has that or not.  You could
right
> click on the shortcut used to execute the program and it had a way to
choose
> if you wanted to run it as a WinXP program, Win98 or even Win95.
>
> Depending on what version of Win7 you have, you can download from Microsoft
> and install WinXP in a virtual machine, and then it should run any PC
> software ever written.  I have seen consumer-level computers advertised
with
> the 64 bit version of Win7.  I have no idea why they would sell a machine
> like this to consumers, first since consumers don't typically need the
> advantages of the 64 bit OS and second because the 64 bit OS will certainly
> not run any 16 bit software, whether that software was written for an old
> version of DOS or one of the early Windows versions like Win3.1.  That is
> why MS came up with the option of using WinXP in a virtual machine, because
> that is how you would run the older software in the new 64 bit OS.
>
> If you have older IDE hard drives, they are old enough that they SHOULD NOT
> be used for anything important.  The era beginning about 10 years ago was
> one of the worst in terms of hard drive reliability.  The industry seems to
> have recovered and most newer SATA drives are better.  I don't know about
> your old machines but my newest computer still has IDE ports on the
> motherboard, so if I really wanted to I could connect an old IDE hard drive
> to it.  Our company bought 5 custom computers in about 2001, each with 2
> hard drives, and within 3 years 9 of the 10 hard drives had failed and been
> replaced.  Four years ago we chunked those computers and bought 5 new ones.
>  No hard drives have failed in those computers.
>
>
> > I really did not want to buy a new computer as I have 3 presently. Two
> > have Win XP and one with Vista. All the new one have Win 7 and all my
> > software would not work on that... Plus my extra hard drives are the
> > old sytle and won't plug into a new computer without adapters!
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Cheers!!
Jim
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a
shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
        John Adams
        US diplomat & politician (1735 - 1826)