On 10/17/2011 10:11 AM, Mark Hanchey wrote:
> I once used windows xp for development but had windows 7 on my desktops.
> It seemed to be a good OS overall so I then put windows 7 on my
> development computers as well. Lately though I have been annoyed by
> several things that I didn't encounter with xp. IDE applications that
> have access violations and close, programs that once worked but now
> don't due to things like inability to access the parallel port and just
> general bugs and errors here and there.  Some applications will not run
> at all and just close because they were written for windows 98 and
> unfortunately the creators are no longer around or don't have new
> versions. I tried compatibility options but still some don't work.
>
> I can work around most of these, but I was wondering what others are
> doing. Are you staying with an older OS for compatibility or are you
> toughing it out slowly changing to a newer OS ? I am at the point of
> considering going back to xp for my development pc but I hate the idea
> of going to an OS I know will not be supported in the future. Curious
> what others are doing here .
>
> Thanks
> Mark
>
Bear in mind that I am retired and most of my work is for my own purposes.

If you want to continue to use all of your tools you must have both W7 &=20
XP (Pro).

I am discovering that in some of my tools used on XP have reduced=20
function sets even with new versions for W7.
W7 does not permit the flexibility that XP allowed. Usually the reason=20
given is security issues.
  For some of my old software it is more economical to keep a couple of=20
XP's than to even try to find a W7 replacement.

Whatever XP hardware you like may be getting scarce, so I recommend you=20
hoard what you find essential!
My treasured Logitec FX Trackball does not have a W7 Driver available.=20
Most W7 MB's have little PCI hardware support.

Maybe VMWARE will provide some relief, I have not got to that yet.
KVM switches and Remote Console support are getting more available to=20
deal with multiple machines.

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John Ferrell W8CCW


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