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Originally posted by Nate Smith
Have you tried XP's compatibility features? You can actually have XP mimic any other 32-bit version of Windows(i.e. not WfW 3.11) for a program that doesn't like running under XP natively. I haven't seen something that won't run this way yet, unless is uses direct disk or network/Winsock access(Norton Utils and a few others), and in 99% of those cases, there's an updated version to make it work with XP...
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Not to get too off-topic, but I have heard from many people that upgrading to XP is a pain. I have heard many complaints off lost perhihal support, software not supported, and annoying features in Windows XP.
I remember in Rally in the Valley, the FIRST software kept failing because XP was keep on giving them errors.
But like all things this is a phase, which will make people mad because their old or semi old periphiables and software just won't work.
But they will get new devices, and eventually the problem will fade away.
Its like with Mac OS X, a radically, almost completely different operating system, than OS 9. More than a year old now, and almost all of the primary software has been updated, except for old perheriables. So I think Win XP will follow the same path.
Many people will just have to wait for something to arrive for these industrial strength platforms.