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I've been using XP and Xywrite III+ for years with no problem. Now, it
looks as if my computer's motherboard (and perhaps other pieces of
hardware as well) are on their last legs. I use the computer for writing, editing, email and online research -- not games, video, music, etc. And I want to stay with XP for all the reasons cited here. I can have someone build me a new computer and install XP and my current programs for less than the cost of a new desk top that's loaded with stuff I don't want. My question: is there any known XP compatibility problem I should seek to avoid in selecting a new motherboard, hard drive, and processor? Lynn Brenner 718 855 2179 new email address: mailto:lynn.brenner.nyc@xxxxxxxx Carl Distefano wrote: Reply to note from "M.W. Poirier" mailto:poirmw@xxxxxxxx Sun, 29 May 2011 08:53:08 -0400 (EDT)Like you I like Windows XP, but every time I raise your question with someone in my entourage, I am told, if you go back to Windows XP you will find that some pieces of hardware in your machine will not work because they depend on the latest OS.I solve that problem by having old hardware. I bought the Dell I'm typing on now in 2004; it does everything I need and is still going strong, by all appearances. (I've automated daily backups, to an external drive and to the cloud, in case the ghost leaves the machine.) I bought a 64-bit Win 7 machine for my wife last year, but haven't attempted to run XyWrite on it. If my Dell died tomorrow, I'd go with 64-bit Windows on a machine powerful enough to run a virtual DOS environment at an acceptable speed. Since I'd expect to be keeping the new machine for a long time, I'd want it to be capable of running 64-bit Windows apps if and when they become common. What people like us really need, I think, is a DOS-in-the-Cloud that would enable us to run XyWrite and other antiquated software from any machine with an Internet connection. |