Jan-Erik,
     I don't think Win7 will last more than another year or two. So why=20
spend $150 now and in two years have to spend another $175 on top of=20
what the hardware will cost. I'll just set up a dual boot system. I use=20
Thunderbird and Firefox. No big deal. The software for the PICs and the=20
Arduino will run under Linux. Most of my other software will also work=20
under Linux. MS office, MS Studio, and my games require Windows.
     But all of this has given me an idea of how I might be able to fix=20
MpLab X. I'm going to go hunting for an earlier version of Java. I just=20
had to keep digging, asking, and bouncing stuff off of the walls. This=20
might be a solution.
Thanks,
rich!

On 7/3/2014 5:31 PM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> OK.
>
> I'm using MPLABX on my Win7 Pro laptop and I have not
> had any troubles. Actualy, as a long time MPLAB user, I
> do like the new features in "X".
>
> Most people I've met seems to prefer Win7 over Win8.
> It's a matter of habits, I guess... :-)
>
> Have you heard "a lot of bad things" about Win7 too?
>
> Vista should not be looked at, it was a bad system
> even in it's time, if you ask me.
>
> Jan-Erik.
>

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