Re: Leaving XP for Windows 7 at last

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Dear Lynn,

Yes, it is about time to switch. I would definitely suggest that you
install Win 7 64-bit. There is no good reason to do otherwise. Even
modern browsers need 64-bit power. And if you will virtualize
something, you will definitely need more memory than the 32-bit option
provides. If you want to go that route, install VirtualBox and W2K. This
much better that XP mode in all respects: nimbler, more responsive, and
with better backward compatibility (even some Win 3.1 programs work,
like Quark and Ventura, albeit with some limitations).


Installing vDosXy is easy, there is even a secret installer (that has
been in beta stage from May this year, when I and Carl last worked on
it). It makes the process automatic. You just provide a full Xy
installation in a folder, say C:\XY, and the installer sets up vDosXy
1.00 for you. Just click a desktop icon, and XyWrite starts. And there
is plenty of community support to back this up.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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4.11.2015, 23:40, Lynn Brenner kirjoitti:
> I'm on the cusp of reluctantly leaving XP a year and a half after MS
> abandoned it. I've felt relatively safe despite the lack of support,
> since I have good security software and no bad browsing or downloading
> habits, and took the precaution of removing notorious virus-magnets
> (Adobe Flash and Java).
>
>
> I'm still conflicted about the move, since I have Xy III+ doing what I
> want in XP, and no complaints about its Windows functions. But I know
> I can't stay with XP indefinitely, and next week I'll have some free
> time in which to wrestle Windows 7 into running Xywrite (and into
> looking as much like XP as possible).
>
>
> I'm going to stick with 32-bit for now. I don't do anything on this
> computer that needs more memory.
>
>
> From list discussions, it sounds as if my simplest options probably
> are either to run Xywrite with TAME (as I now do in XP), or to run it
> with vDosXY.
>
>
> My first question: Is there a consensus about which version of vDosXY
> works best?
>
>
> Lynn Brenner