Re: Win 7 64 bit

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Bill,
Thank you. You say that you had an old disk of XP, so that means one has to
supply that oneself? It doesn't come with VM player but does it with XP
compatibility mode?
> On 11/17/2012 7:11 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> > I have read over all the posts on Win 7 64 but admit to being confused.
> > If I buy a 64 bit Win 7 laptop, doesn't it include an "XP compatibility"
> > module? If so, will I be able to run Xy in that?
> >
> > If not, I gather that VMware Player is the best way to go. Am I correct
> > that it comes with a version of XP, so that I don't have install that OS
> > from a disc?
> >
> > Help appreciated.
>
> Harry,
> The XP compatibility module is part of Windows 7 (64-bit) Professional and
> highter only. My machine came, about six months ago, with Home Premium,
> thus no XP, and I fully expected I would take the offer to upgrade to
> Professional by now. But I decided to try VMWare Player first, using an
> old XP disk that I already had. It works extremely well for me, with the
> added advantage that I also have a full install of Linux Ubuntu (12.04)
> also under under VMWare Player. It's amazing what 8 gigs of ram and a
> terabyte of disk space makes possible. You don't need VMWare Desktop, just
> the free player. It works well for me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill TeBrake
> UMaine History Emeritus