hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> écrivait
news:hsq8hb$jlu$1@news.eternal-september.org:
> On 5/16/2010 61 PM, bb wrote:
>> "MJMIII" <balrog@castaway.net> wrote in message
>> news:_PydnTKS8ImWIHDWnZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>> hardware made on the planet? Microsoft did leave an out of sorts.
>>> You can right click the driver package and select XP mode to
>>> install.
>>
>> "XP Mode" is only free on W7 Pro, Enterprise and Ultimate. And to be
>> precise, XP Mode is a free version of XP SP3 that runs under MS
>> virtual PC.
>
> Does this work better under W7-32bit or W7-64-bit ?
>
> My CAD software works very well under XP, I am concerned about W7.
>
> The Dell Vostro 3700 has W7-32 and W7-63 as options.
>
> Which will be better for me ?
>
> Thanks
>
> hamilton
>
>>
>> (On home premium, one can install the free MS Virtual PC and then
>> install a random copy of XP that you have the rights to install. The
>> XP mode download just makes it easier.)
>>
>> XP Mode is basically a kludge, but one that works pretty good. With
>> it I was able to get a very old 16-bit 'mission critical' application
>> to run that would not under any combination of compatibility flags on
>> this W7 64-bit Enterprise version. XP Mode was also able to get my
>> 32-bit scanner driver to work on my no-longer-supported Epson
>> scanner.
>>
>> That said, I don't think that one feature is worth W7 Pro for the
>> home user - nor any of the other features of Pro.
>>
>> -bb
>
>
What is your CAD software?
My experience with softwares (music production) is : a "dot" update is
free (8.0 to 8.5), I pay much less for an upgrade (8.0 to 9.0) than a new
user and when 64 bits version are released I can get them for free if
it's at the same version level that I currently have (8.0-32 bits to 8.5-
64bits). FWIW when 64 bits version are released, I can get both 32 and 64
bits withaout paying more.
Of course that policy might vary from one company to another but so far,
for me, it's been consistent with 3 music software companies and a few
other utilities software companies.
My point is that it shouldn't cost you $10k to get your $10k worth of
software to run under Win7-64bits, you should contact the companies that
makes your softwares to know their policy, and as mention by others, you
can run XP mode with Win7 Pro or higher.
HTH