>>>>>>>You can upgrade from Vista to Win7 but not from WinXP. You'll have to do clean install of Win7 later if you go with WinXP now.
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>>>>>>I see. Thank you. I guess for the peace of mind of VFP development, I will go with WinXP still.
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>>>>>I'd say that the problem is not really Vista. The problem is the computer where Vista is running. I have an old laptop. 32 bits, 1.5 gig ram. I hated vista. Not that long ago. I bought a 64 bits desktop with 4 gig of ram. Lots of HD. You could'nt get me to go back to XP. VFP is humming.
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>>>>Are you doing VFP development on this Vista machine or just running a VFP application? And, if you are doing development, can you take a EXE application built on a Vista machine and deploy on an XP or Win 2000 machine?
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>>>Yes Yes Yes and Yes
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>>Great to know. Maybe I should bite the bullet and get me a Vista Business machine!? Something to think about.
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>>Thank you, Denis.
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>It's all a matter of timing. If you really need a computer NOW then Vista is fine. If you can wait for Win. 7 then just buy your computer close to the launch of Win 7. They you'll get both OSs. Vista and a free upgrade to Win 7 ;-)
Ideally I would like to have a PC that can have multi-boot to start it with XP for my regular development; Vista, to learn and try Vista; and Win 7 beta, to test it.
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