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>>>>Dmitry,
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>>>>In case you didn't know you can run a VFP application in Vista 64 in compatibility mode. That is as if it was running on Windows XP.
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>>>Denis,
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>>>I didn't know that. I am looking to buy a new notebook (perhaps right after the new year - for tax purposes). And most likely will end up getting Vista OS. So it is nice to know that it won't impede my VFP development.
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>>>Thank you.
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>>If you're lucky enough you could make a conditional buy. Have the seller install Vista but give you a ticket that will give you Windows 7 when it's released. Many did it for Vista downgradeable to XP.
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>>By the way I've got two installations of vista. One that is not so great on my laptop and one that I really like on my desktop. Perhaps my laptop version is not as good because I installed the RTM version on it.
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>>Laptop version is 32 bit. Desktop is 64.
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>They offer Windows Vista Home Premium Edition. Can I run VS and debug ASP.NET applications for this configuration? Do I need to install anything else in addition to VS on this platform?
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>I plan to have VS, SQL Server 2008 Express and VFP9 SP2. I'm not sure right now about the office, do you think I can go with Open Office? Does it work OK on Vista?
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>Thanks in advance.

I don't see why you'd have problems installing any of the above. I don't use Open Office but I know that Open Office 3.0 is available. It was launched a couple of weeks ago..