-=> On 12-29-13  03:28,  Daryl Stout <=-   
    -=> spoke to All about Upgrade Question <=-   
      
    DS> 1) My Mom's desktop, Windows XP Professional, SP 3   
    DS> 2) My 2 desktops, Windows XP Professional, SP3   
    DS> 3) My 2 laptops, one with Windows XP Professional, SP3,   
    DS> and the other with Windows Vista (the latter snagged   
    DS> at a ham radio flea market for $100, when the first   
    DS> laptop supposedly died (it runs on AC only now).   
      
    DS> The problem that we have is that NONE of the computers   
    DS> have the BIOS or motherboard to run Virtual Mode of   
    DS> Windows XP under Windows 7. Plus, both of us are disabled,   
    DS> and on a fixed income. So, we can't afford to throw out   
    DS> perfectly good and working hardware and software, just to   
    DS> satisfy Microsoft's corporate greed.   
      
   My question is why would you want to "upgrade" to Win 7?  I'm running   
   Windows 7 on my desktop, but have to run my BBS on my wife's XP desktop   
   -- and intend to continue doing that as long as I can.   
      
   I will also add that I read echomail on my computer in a virtual XP   
   window (accessing the files via local networking), and it is no where   
   near as responsive as the native XP on her computer.   
      
                                  Dale Shipp   
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