Well, it's not like I'm not familiar with XP. I used it at work, and it's on the laptop we just bought. So that's not going to be an issue. And
my hardware is far from ancient -- the Win 7 site says I'm just fine for the OS. I just haven't really needed to update the OS until now; but in the
last few months, updates for various things I use on a regular basis have announced that they won't install for 2K, and of course, if I'm going to do
some serious self-education while I'm on my enforced vacation, I'm going to need the latest platform.
So I guess I'm down to this question: Should I buy a cheap copy of XP (found one for $30) to tide me over until the dot-zero release of Win 7 shakes down?
Or should I find a torrent of the release candidate and go for broke? (And in either case, buy a full Win 7 a couple months from now.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
my hardware is far from ancient -- the Win 7 site says I'm just fine for the OS. I just haven't really needed to update the OS until now; but in the
last few months, updates for various things I use on a regular basis have announced that they won't install for 2K, and of course, if I'm going to do
some serious self-education while I'm on my enforced vacation, I'm going to need the latest platform.
So I guess I'm down to this question: Should I buy a cheap copy of XP (found one for $30) to tide me over until the dot-zero release of Win 7 shakes down?
Or should I find a torrent of the release candidate and go for broke? (And in either case, buy a full Win 7 a couple months from now.)
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.