Yeah, 16 bit support (for an OS that became obsolete in 1995) was ONLY dropped in 64 bit OS versions (~2005 for x64 bit versions of 2k3 and XP), however continues in 32 bit versions of Win7.
With the release of new file formats for office 2007, they released compatibility pack for Office 2000-2003. Office 2007 can still read/write to office 2003 files
Office 2010 is compatible with WindowsXP
Apple on the other hand drops support of old hardware, OS versions, and software like a rock.
My first install of windows 7 took slightly more IE work; one additional Google search "can't install firefox win 7." Fix? Disable UAC. Install firefox. Good to go.
Spare me. Firefox installer will prompt for elevation upon being run. It installs and runs fine in 7 with UAC enabled. But sure, go around running as admin all the time.
Thinapp allows the packaging and running of multiple standalone versions of IE.
Given the terrible uptake of IE7 in the corporate sphere due to intranet compatibility issues, I'm surprised they didn't work out a good way to run side by side installations for XP users for IE8. For new users running Windows 7 they can use XP mode to get IE6 rendering, but even then firing up a VM seems like overkill.
By comparison, uptake of Office2007 has been pretty good (even though many complain of the superior Ribbon), backwards compatability with.doc files is pretty good, but even then it's possible to install and run Office 2007 and Office 2003 side by side.
EOL is scheduled for 2014. As it is now it's already in the sunset "extended support" phase, though expect it to get a bump in support (like 9 did) if there's still 60% marketshare in 2014. Windows 2000 is currently in the twilight quarter of its life (support ends in the summer), and has ~1% share. It won't be bumped.
The last version of embedded XP will keep getting patches until 2019, and they will sell licences until 2022 or so
As it is now aside from special configurations with GPU decoding, flash videos do not take advantage of DirectX and are content to scribble in the 2D frame buffer. Full screen video? Why take advantage of hardware scaling when you can just floor the CPU doing software scaling. The exact same videos sip CPU run full screen in VLC for example (I'm talking non-HD content)
only the LATEST version of VPC(/ XP mode) allows access to host USB ports. I prefer VMWAre anyways. Server is free, player is free (and the latest version can create machines)
That's a "feature" of the driver, and has infected XP versions of drivers as well. On my laptop (2007 era upgraded to Windows 7) I double checked and I still have "waveout" as a recording device option.
So then run the 32 bit version. Presumably you'd be required to run the 32 bit version of XP for the reasons you stated. In the vast majority of cases 32 bit XP (or 2000) drivers will work. I even have a no-name wifi card with unsigned XP drivers that work fine in 7 32 bit.
How it's pushed through Windows update to consumers is mostly irrelevant to Corporate users, which is what was being discussed, and corporate users are the ones with more at stake upgrading browsers. In a corporation updates should be managed and tested before being pushed out, so a browser update won't just slip through.
Anyways, pushing a new version of an already installed product (IE) which is less of a disaster than it's predecessor in many ways is probably a good thing. And it's updating a piece of software that's already installed, as opposed to pushing a completely unrelated program (Web browser safari) that only came about during the update of your music library software (iTunes) that only got on your computer because you were trying to play a crappy MOV container program using Quicktime.
I was recently in the market for an oversized (12"), slightly more powerful netbook. I considered buying an ION powered HP 311, but decided not to. After having the Go 7200 fail in my HP laptop (repaired under extended warranty, now waiting the final death failure), and seeing Go 6150 fail at least once (if not twice) in every HP laptop I've seen so equipped, I wasn't going to jump out and buy another nVidia/HP. Not to say I won't ever buy one, just not now. I ended up with an AMD/ATI powered MSI computer.
I second / third AutoIT. It's designed for Windows automation as opposed to trying to be universal, meaning you can use it to drive GUIs with ease, and opens up doors for future automation projects. I'm not big on programming but AutoIT lets me rough up some code pretty quick. And I find myself finding uses for it for lots of small projects. You can also create GUIs with it meaning a prettier / more contemporary UI for your script.
Intel resisted letting ION be bundled with Atom chips. They preferred to continue releasing anemic GMA950. The CPU wasn't capable of rendering HD, it couldn't be offloaded to the GPU, and they wanted to keep it that way.
That's good criteria, however I don't like a vendor that releases defective junk that delaminates from the mounting package, rendering the entire system useless under any OS: http://hplies.com/
Indeed. GMA950 was crappy during it's prime compared to ATI and nVidia shared memory bargain bin offerings 4 years ago, however it's still being shipped in N270/N280 netbooks, and is capable of running Aero fine. Probably H.264 decoding might be (or will be) beneficial to casual users than gaming performance, and I believe many of Intel's mainstream desktop and notebook GPUs provide it.
Command-Option-Control-8 on OS X, or Ctrl+alt+I in Windows Magnifier on Windows 7 will invert the screen colours which can make night time viewing better.
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And they did it long before apple: http://www.weirdstuff.com/mas_assets/thumb/13034.jpg
Yeah, 16 bit support (for an OS that became obsolete in 1995) was ONLY dropped in 64 bit OS versions (~2005 for x64 bit versions of 2k3 and XP), however continues in 32 bit versions of Win7.
Windows 7 will still load many XP drivers
In addition to application compatibility (in an EXEs properties), there's full blown virtual machine in the form of XP mode with a licence included for pro/ultimate. Are you a home premium user? These XP virtual machines are free: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=21EABB90-958F-4B64-B5F1-73D0A413C8EF&displaylang=en
With the release of new file formats for office 2007, they released compatibility pack for Office 2000-2003. Office 2007 can still read/write to office 2003 files
Office 2010 is compatible with WindowsXP
Apple on the other hand drops support of old hardware, OS versions, and software like a rock.
CoreAVC. Though it's not free (as in beer).
Actually IE5.01 will be dying along with it. Yes, IE 5.01 STILL GETS PATCHES. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-002.mspx
I tried running Windows 2000 on 32MB RAM (on a pentium 150). It would probably run more comparable to Vista on 160MB RAM.
My first install of windows 7 took slightly more IE work; one additional Google search "can't install firefox win 7." Fix? Disable UAC. Install firefox. Good to go.
Spare me. Firefox installer will prompt for elevation upon being run. It installs and runs fine in 7 with UAC enabled. But sure, go around running as admin all the time.
Thinapp allows the packaging and running of multiple standalone versions of IE.
Given the terrible uptake of IE7 in the corporate sphere due to intranet compatibility issues, I'm surprised they didn't work out a good way to run side by side installations for XP users for IE8. For new users running Windows 7 they can use XP mode to get IE6 rendering, but even then firing up a VM seems like overkill.
By comparison, uptake of Office2007 has been pretty good (even though many complain of the superior Ribbon), backwards compatability with .doc files is pretty good, but even then it's possible to install and run Office 2007 and Office 2003 side by side.
EOL is scheduled for 2014. As it is now it's already in the sunset "extended support" phase, though expect it to get a bump in support (like 9 did) if there's still 60% marketshare in 2014. Windows 2000 is currently in the twilight quarter of its life (support ends in the summer), and has ~1% share. It won't be bumped.
The last version of embedded XP will keep getting patches until 2019, and they will sell licences until 2022 or so
non-current OS that will be EOL'd in two years' time.
4 years. It gets EOL'd in 2014
As it is now aside from special configurations with GPU decoding, flash videos do not take advantage of DirectX and are content to scribble in the 2D frame buffer. Full screen video? Why take advantage of hardware scaling when you can just floor the CPU doing software scaling. The exact same videos sip CPU run full screen in VLC for example (I'm talking non-HD content)
only the LATEST version of VPC(/ XP mode) allows access to host USB ports. I prefer VMWAre anyways. Server is free, player is free (and the latest version can create machines)
You're allowed to replace the shell in Windows as well.
That's a "feature" of the driver, and has infected XP versions of drivers as well. On my laptop (2007 era upgraded to Windows 7) I double checked and I still have "waveout" as a recording device option.
So then run the 32 bit version. Presumably you'd be required to run the 32 bit version of XP for the reasons you stated. In the vast majority of cases 32 bit XP (or 2000) drivers will work. I even have a no-name wifi card with unsigned XP drivers that work fine in 7 32 bit.
How it's pushed through Windows update to consumers is mostly irrelevant to Corporate users, which is what was being discussed, and corporate users are the ones with more at stake upgrading browsers. In a corporation updates should be managed and tested before being pushed out, so a browser update won't just slip through.
Anyways, pushing a new version of an already installed product (IE) which is less of a disaster than it's predecessor in many ways is probably a good thing. And it's updating a piece of software that's already installed, as opposed to pushing a completely unrelated program (Web browser safari) that only came about during the update of your music library software (iTunes) that only got on your computer because you were trying to play a crappy MOV container program using Quicktime.
I was recently in the market for an oversized (12"), slightly more powerful netbook. I considered buying an ION powered HP 311, but decided not to. After having the Go 7200 fail in my HP laptop (repaired under extended warranty, now waiting the final death failure), and seeing Go 6150 fail at least once (if not twice) in every HP laptop I've seen so equipped, I wasn't going to jump out and buy another nVidia/HP. Not to say I won't ever buy one, just not now. I ended up with an AMD/ATI powered MSI computer.
I second / third AutoIT. It's designed for Windows automation as opposed to trying to be universal, meaning you can use it to drive GUIs with ease, and opens up doors for future automation projects. I'm not big on programming but AutoIT lets me rough up some code pretty quick. And I find myself finding uses for it for lots of small projects. You can also create GUIs with it meaning a prettier / more contemporary UI for your script.
Also, this sounds like Intel wants to team up with nVidia. nVidia manages to put out something better than Intel, so Intel pulls their licence. http://arstechnica.com/hardware/news/2009/03/nvidia-countersues-intelright-on-schedule.ars
Intel resisted letting ION be bundled with Atom chips. They preferred to continue releasing anemic GMA950. The CPU wasn't capable of rendering HD, it couldn't be offloaded to the GPU, and they wanted to keep it that way.
That's good criteria, however I don't like a vendor that releases defective junk that delaminates from the mounting package, rendering the entire system useless under any OS: http://hplies.com/
Indeed. GMA950 was crappy during it's prime compared to ATI and nVidia shared memory bargain bin offerings 4 years ago, however it's still being shipped in N270/N280 netbooks, and is capable of running Aero fine. Probably H.264 decoding might be (or will be) beneficial to casual users than gaming performance, and I believe many of Intel's mainstream desktop and notebook GPUs provide it.
' He added that Intel had 'missed some key product milestones' in the development of the discrete Larrabee product,
Like proof that they were even capable of making an integrated graphics product that wasn't a pile of garbage?
GMA910: Couldn't run WDDM, thus couldn't run Aero, central to the "Vista capable" Lawsuits
GMA500: decent hardware, crappy drivers under Windows, virtually non-existant Linux drivers, worse performance than GMA950 in Netbooks.
Pressure to lockout competing video chipsets. We're lucky ION saw the light of day. http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,680035/Nvidia-versus-Intel-Nvidia-files-lawsuit-against-Intel/News/
OSX: Command-Option-Control-8. Windows 7: start magnifier: Ctrl+atl+I
You're thinking of Ubuntu.
Command-Option-Control-8 on OS X, or Ctrl+alt+I in Windows Magnifier on Windows 7 will invert the screen colours which can make night time viewing better.