Upgrade Windows XP to Windows 7?
I have an 8 year old Dell XPS computer with XP on it. Now that I am seeing the end of the road for XP, I have been thinking about my options. This computer, when it was purchased, was a very high end ...
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burlmart wrote:mileshuff wrote:
I've got several 32 bit programs that run fine in XP but will not run in Windows 7 64 bit and some won't even run in Win 7 32 bit. Microsoft has always been terrible at backwards compatibility. It's fine for casual users who have common off the shelf programs but quite different for those of us using high level applications, CAD, Programming languages etc.
It's called progress
Progress? Reliability, consistency, compatibility, are far more important than having the latest new techno gadget. When you have a corporation that invests millions into new software, some custom, you do not want to have to do it all over again ever few years when a new OS comes out. Way to costly. Stability and continuity is essential. If we know in advance that spending millions now for new software that won't run in 3-5 years we have to think twice. Progress is not wiping out massive investments every few years.
