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Get a Mac!
lol jk I have no idea.... sorry :p but seriously when does the beta testing for win7 end? and can you wait that long to find out if its going to work out?? If not then you have no option than to switch programs and get upgraded comps OR upgrade your old comps and keep apps......
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10-15-2009, 12:23 AM
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I think Windows 7 has a new compatibility feature called "Windows XP Mode" where it will let you use programs that were meant for XP, for example I'm guessing old programs like the one's on your company's workstations that might have issues running on newer OS's. So I think this would pretty much solve your problem with that. Would the workstations even meet the minimum requirements for Windows 7 in the first place, they sound pretty old, running Windows 2000 and all? Don't do option 1. Why don't you get your company to fund you the money to test out Windows 7 for yourself on one machine. That way you won't have to wait and find out the results on tests that might not even be relevant to what your company does, but instead test it yourself to the specific needs of your company's machines. The cost of one Windows 7 license is worth it. Or you could just snake around it and take one of the workstations home and download Windows 7 illegally and test it for free. Also, hook it up with a job when I finish school, tomato, k thx. I'd kill for an IT job in San Francisco. |
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10-15-2009, 10:58 PM
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I can send you (via FTP or pando, or whatever large file transfer option you have) Build 7600 of Windows7, which is the final release that was only available for a few days, along with a patch for the key & activation. Build 7600 is as close to the full release version as you can get, and is good until August 2010. I've been running it on a duel xenon dell workstation and my acer netbook for a couple months now, and it works GREAT.
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 and if it was just for myself to play with, I'd take you up on it, but I think I'm just gonna wait until the full version comes out (not that long to wait). I don't even have a box that will run Win 7 right now, even my own PC's are just too damn old already.
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