win7 has a legacy apps support function
(Sorry, nerd alert!)
Fixin' ta roll out some new desktops. I recall with XP having to install/restore support for one of our legacy apps (ancient Filemaker FWIW)... any such issues with Win7?
New hardware will be low-end but probably 64-bit, hopefully with corresponding OS.
Thanks in advance.
win7 has a legacy apps support function
Last edited by jeff_man; 11-04-2009 at 11:25 AM.
if all else fails and its really old stuff... DosBox it :)
xp mode if you have compatible processors... short answer is load it up on a test machine and find out...
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Luckily it's not DOS old! My users are... uh... "not sufficiently advanced".
jeff_man, I hope you meant "has".
edit: xp mode, eh?
Just googled a bit... looks like we should be GTG.
This oughta be fun.
Last edited by redmenace; 11-04-2009 at 11:26 AM.
So aside from a horsepower disadvantage and accelerated obsolescence, any reasons to avoid 32-bit hardware?
what is 32bit hardware?
There is hardware out there that doesn't have 64 bit drivers, but that's a manufacturer being lazy problem more than anything.
Old CPUs will be the only real thing that keeps you from running a 64bit OS.
I mean 32-bit workstations, I guess; it's the 64-bit version of Win7 that's at odds with my old software.