[softwarelist] Re: Ovation Pro Windows 2.90
- From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 16:28:24 GMT
In message of 26 Feb, Chris Hughes <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <005201c63abd$c6d5fb20$90da69d5@xp>
> "Arthur Lacey" <tedell@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > From: "Tim Powys-Lybbe" <tim@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >> But think of the expense here in (a) buying full versions of XP and
> >> then (b) buying manuals to tell me what on earth it was doing. Not to
> >> mention the wasted time on this group answering questions about "how do
> >> you do this?".
> >
> > My advice would be to wait for the 64 bit version of Windows due for release
> > later in the year. Of course you might need to get a new PC as well. :-)
>
> 64bit version of XP is already out and has been for several months! I
> assume you mean Vista which is still in beta and well behind schedule
> at the moment. Rumour has it a lot of software could require an update
> to work on vista.....
I forgot to add that I run my PC on a emulator program on a Mac as this
handles all I need for the very occasional files that won't run
elsewhere. I suspect that this environment won't cope with much more
of XP's bells and whistles.
--
Tim Powys-Lybbe tim@xxxxxxxxx
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