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Old 07-09-2009, 10:18 AM
Barrykgerdes
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Hi
A lot will depend on how familiar you are with computers and operating systems. If you are just beginning I would suggest you get a computer that has the option to update to Windows 7.

No matter what system you have there will be a learning curve for basic operations. Vista has a lot of cosmetic differences to XP but once you are familiar with it, you will find it is not the dog that it is generally refered as.

The biggest problem was that many of the older programs need new drivers but this has been pretty much sorted out now. Those programs you mention are successfully run under Vista.

I bought a cheap laptop last year with Vista Home Basic. I found it extremely slow to start up, and the change of names of some folders hard to get adjusted to. I installed the more familiar XP, keeping the Vista installation as a dual boot. Later on I configured Vista as a more friendly operating system and now it starts in the same time as XP and it runs most of my programs better than XP.

The big thing about the new operating systems is that they are designed to work with 64 bits on multi-cored processors. They do this extremely well and very fast. They do operate on 32 bit system but operation here is a compromise and they are often slow and cumbersome.

Barry
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