Re: Win 7 64 bit

["William H. TeBrake" tebrake@xxxxxxxx]

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