Re: Win 7 64 bit

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks very much Bill. This does answer my question.

Regards,
Harry
> 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