I have windows 7 !!

[juancarlospaco]

format C:

[Fenris_rising]

Would the OP stand away from the unit a LUG has been paged in your area and will be along shortly to cure the infection =D

I have played on win 7 a couple of times on other peoples machines and although I freely admit MS seem to have got it right this time I don't actually like using it and much prefer my Ubuntu.

regards

Fenris

[geogur]

sorry to hear my eeepc runs on zandros and works fine ever since i got it mabe you need to get rid of your virus (win 7) ?

[thetaLord]

I bought an Asus eeeBox, and it came bundled with windows 7 home premium.

Well, I thought that OK, since it was "free" I could as well try it. At least now i should be able to run all my (3) windows programs without hassle.. Wrong. only 1 out of the 3 worked!! the rest did NOT work even in windows XP compatibility mode!!

That's not entirely accurate. It's not free. The price of the Asus eeebox you bought includes the price of windows 7 + probably office suite.

Total Price = Asus eeebox + win7 + office suite.

If you bought, asus eeebox with linux, that will be cheaper. I guess.

[Psumi]

If you bought, asus eeebox with linux, that will be cheaper. I guess.

Linux computer stores will still markup the price of their computers, mainly to gain a hefty profit.

[whiskeylover]

That's not entirely accurate. It's not free. The price of the Asus eeebox you bought includes the price of windows 7 + probably office suite.

Total Price = Asus eeebox + win7 + office suite.

If you bought, asus eeebox with linux, that will be cheaper. I guess.

Yeah, thats why he put "free" in double quotes.

[bpalone]

I thought windows 7 didn't have XP compatibility mode for any of their editions except Ultimate, Professional and Enterprise?

I'm pretty sure the eeeBox would not come with any of those.

That is correct. I believe the OP is talking about a compatibility option that Windows offers to try and keep a better backwards compatibility.

Yes XP is a fairly old OS, but many people have the philosophy of "If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It". From my viewpoint, MS reached the top of their OS game with Win2K or XP and it is down hill from there. I haven't seen real compelling reasons to consider an upgrade from there. I personally didn't like XP and prefer 2K, but that is me. But, I almost made the conversion to Linux in the 90's, but inability to work with others in business at the time kept me from it.

I think XP will be around for a long time yet. Even 98 is still hanging on, though getting fewer and fewer.

[Psumi]

I think XP will be around for a long time yet. Even 98 is still hanging on, though getting fewer and fewer.

No it won't, unless people don't replace their harddrives if they die:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8557144.stm

[Queue29]

No mention of what these incompatible programs are?

I'm calling B.S.

[kellemes]

no mention of what these incompatible programs are?

I'm calling b.s.

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