I have not used W 7 yet, but "infopackets" newsletter has some suggestions including upgrading an old computer by adding 2gig of memory and a new graphics card. Maybe worth a look. Jim Moss > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:21:54 -0500 > From: brian99@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [triadtechtalk] Who is still out there? > > With the minimal posting occurring at TTT I have been wondering if most > of the old gang has moved on, or if there is just a lack of questions > being posted? > > I know that in my case with all the tutoring I had received from the TTT > group, I was able to move up from the ranks of the beginners to the > point where I could resolve many of the problem that I encountered, and > did not need to ask for the continuous level of help I once needed. > > With Win7 coming out in a little over a week it would be a good time to > take inventory of who is still active in the group and what they are > been doing. > > I suspect that the more experienced members have already downloaded the > available Win7 version, and now have developed an opinion about its > strengths and weaknesses. > > As some of you will recall I was waiting to retire my old 1998 computer > and get a new version of Windows, but Vista just did not turn out the > right time to do it. But now with just a 1/2 GB of RAM I really need to > get serious about, not just a new computer, but a whole new computer system! > > So I am looking for some tips about getting a new system that may last > another 10 YEARS!!! > > So who is still monitoring the group? > > And what has been your experience with Win7? > > BRIAN > *********** > > > VIEW ARCHIVES @ //www.freelists.org > > UNSUBSCRIBE by sending email to triadtechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > unsubscribe in the Subject field. > > To VIEW/CHANGE your subscription status go to > //www.freelists.org/webpage/triadtechtalk > > Contact List Owner - dbcfour@xxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: It helps you do more. Explore Windows 7. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen3:102009