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Originally Posted by link
Win 7 incorporated a number of changes that don’t get along with older applications. But you can run a XP VM under 32 bit win 7. I did this one time for someone about 2 years ago and she still uses it.
FWIW I bought a Dell laptop with a 17” form factor running Win 7 pro x64 a couple of years ago. Paid about $800 and it has been a very suitable portable workstation.
The thing to do with Dell is to price a platform on their web site, and then save a print preview as a PDF or similar. After that call Dell sales and ask if they can offer a better price. Get their email and send the item you saved. Unless the offer at their web site is a bottom product or at a giveaway price, they typically will beat the web site price.
PS: I don’t recommend going with 32 bit architecture at this point. It’s a dead product and very few support it plus there is 0 future.
The added cost for an x64 is trivial and helps to insure that it will get along with stuff in the coming years.
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Thanks. My only thought about x32 was to support the older applications, however, it appears that the problem is Win7, and not necessarily the x64 architecture.
I'll try that approach with Dell. They incrementally add to the machine until a desktop without a monitor is close to $1K. That's ridiculous, IMHO. I should be able to get a decent desktop for $700 or so.
12-13-2012, 11:52 AM
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