Latest Win 10 update VERY VERY SLOW!!
Would you believe over six hours to install the latest Win 10 package. I did not jump the gun but waited for the invite like they tell you to do. I have a very fast cable connection and my PC is h...
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mileshuff wrote:delwhjr wrote:
For those wishing to run older programs on the newer boxes; get a virtual machine program like VMWare. You can create virtual versions of 7 ,XP or even DOS 6.0. You can also check out MS Hyper V for Windows 10.
While that can work for some applications it's far from an ideal solution. Full screen apps are not allowed starting with Windows 7 for instance. 64 Bit OS's will block most direct hardware I/O regardless of running in a 32 Bit VM or not. VM's suffer from timing issues for programs that rely heavily on such when communicating with external hardware such as DAQ devices.
I tend to feel most people that are general users, browsing, MS Office programs etc. are unaware of the complexity of problems that lack of backwards compatibility cause. Reliability is first and foremost as well as the massive expense of continually rewriting complex custom software every few years. OS's such as Unix/Linix do not suffer from that despite technological gains made over the years.
This is one reason why MS was forced to continue support for XP at least thru 2019 despite the very public announcement of ending such in 2014.
No it is not ideal but it is a way to limp along until another option is available.
Microsoft only is continuing support for XP for large corporate and enterprise users and that is subject to change at any time. The 2019 date is not official just speculation based on previous extensions. Microsoft will support an XP update to all if a critical security issue erupts that would compromise other systems. This info is direct from MS Developer Support.
