In news:i3d8v5975s3p22s1eboru0g56n0jv0l03u@4ax.com,
Ken Blake, MVP <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> typed:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010 09:55:19 -0700 (PDT), Porte Rouge
> <porterougeman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would like to ask XP users a question about Windows 7.I
>> am looking at a Dell Vostro 3400 laptop w/ Windows 7 pro
>> 32 bit and XP mode so I can use my XP software a little
>> longer. I am assuming Win 7 won't run XP ware since they
>> offer an XP mode. Is XP mode slow? Does it even work?
Have the Dell Precision T3400 here loaded with many dev apps; no problems,
nothing slow. After awhile, installed straight XP Pro/SP3, removed the extra
RAM and see no speed differences. Got both sets of media with the machine,
so ... can go back to win 7 if MS decides somehow to shut down XP.
Have another, same machine, where Dell pre-installed XP SP3 for me and
that's the same; see no diffs between the two except it only came with 4 Gig
of RAM. I wanted 3 Gig, but the sticks have to be in pairs in this machine.
HTH,
Twayne`
>
>
> Sorry, your assumption is not correct. *Most* programs
> written in the days of XP will run under Windows 7, and
> will run well. Only an occasional one won't run at all or
> will run with some problems.
>
> The reason XP mode exists is to take of those few programs
> for which Windows 7 is a problem. Yes, it works.
>
> To find out which of your XP programs will run and which
> won't, download and run the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor at
> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/upgrade-advisor