16-bit apps on Windows 7?

[redmenace]

(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.

[jeff_man]

win7 has a legacy apps support function

[goofygrin]

if all else fails and its really old stuff... DosBox it :)

[tailchaser]

xp mode if you have compatible processors... short answer is load it up on a test machine and find out...

[redmenace]

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.

[jeff_man]

Luckily it's not DOS old! My users are... uh... "not sufficiently advanced".

jeff_man, I hope you meant "has". If they haven't removed it, we're golden.

[Nexus Flux]

My users are... uh... "not sufficiently advanced".

What do you mean "not sufficiently advanced"?

... looks like we should be GTG.

Famous last words

[redmenace]

So aside from a horsepower disadvantage and accelerated obsolescence, any reasons to avoid 32-bit hardware?

[goofygrin]

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.

[redmenace]

I mean 32-bit workstations, I guess; it's the 64-bit version of Win7 that's at odds with my old software.

[Nexus Flux]

So aside from a horsepower disadvantage and accelerated obsolescence, any reasons to avoid 32-bit hardware?

Mostly a HP disadvantage due to the limited number of memory addresses in a 32 bit OS.