Matt...   
      
    MM@> What is your current computer?   
      
     My Mom has a Desktop, and I have 2 desktops and 2 laptops.   
      
     One of my laptops is AC Power only, since the battery failed, and   
   the computer so old, you can't get a battery for it. It has Windows   
   XP, Service Pack 3.   
      
     My Mom's Desktop, and my 2 desktops all have Windows XP, Service   
   Pack 3. One of my desktops is for the BBS...the other is for games,   
   such as Hoyle Games, and Microsoft Train Simulator.   
      
     The last laptop has Windows Vista Home Basic on it, but it is   
   slow. I bought it at a ham radio event last year for $100, to act   
   as a replacement for the laptop that is now "AC Only".   
      
     I ran a program I found on the internet, and was told the BIOS   
   in these would not support Virtual Mode of Windows XP under Windows   
   7. A fellow ham radio operator told me that "I may be better staying   
   with XP". I know of an agency that while they have Windows 7 on it,   
   they leave it in Virtual XP Mode all the time.   
      
     I have to wonder if the warnings of "zero day vulnerabilities to   
   turn XP systems into zombi-bots" is just a "scare tactic" by Microsoft,   
   to get people to throw away perfectly good working hardware and    
   software, just to satisfy their corporate bank account.   
      
     My Mom and I are both disabled, and on a fixed income. We're not   
   "rolling in dough" like these fat cat CEO's, etc. are.   
      
   Daryl   
      
   ... Windows VistaAndUp Virus: Renders all legacy 16-bit programs useless.   
   --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
                                                                                     
   --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS    
    * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS (1:19/33)