Re: Win 7 64 bit

["William H. TeBrake" tebrake@xxxxxxxx]

Harry,
As I understand it, Win 7 Pro or above includes some version of XP to
provide the compatibility. Perhaps someone who has the Pro version can
correct me if I am wrong. In my case, I replaced an old Dell desktop
with a new Dell, and the new Dell accepted the XP "reinstall" disk that
came with the old Dell. VMWare Player allows you to set up space (both
ram and hard disk) to run other operating systems within it. So, on my
new wide-screen monitor I can have my Win 7 machine on the left and XP
(and/or Ubuntu) running on the right within VMWare Player, allowing me
to drag and drop between them and much more. VMWare has utilities that
allow the OSs running within it to use printer, scanner, network
connection, etc., from the host machine (Win 7). So far, this has worked
flawlessly for me. For example, I am a NotaBene user (have version 9 on
the XP machine and beta of version 10 on Win 7) and can keep files
created/edited on one of those sync with the files on the other
automatically using Dropbox. This is because the indexing modules for
the bibliography and text manipulation parts of NotaBene -- yes, I'm
very dependent on them -- are still being developed. I just try to make
sure that I don't edit the same file simultaneously in both versions. So
far, it has worked without a glitch. Your mileage may vary.

Cheers,

Bill

On 11/19/2012 8:51 AM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
> 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