OK, 8.1 it is. Thanks for all the replies.
73, Dick, W1KSZ On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Paul Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows 8.1 works fine. It is a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users. > > Windows 8.1 is not just for touch environments. Used daily in a large > corporate desktop user environment (mouse primary pointer device) with a > very wide variety of applications. > > Just don't put DXbase in the windows default directories unless you > understand UAC. To keep it simple make a catch-all directory off the root > of C: and call it something like "Ham-Radio". Then install DXbase or other > apps in subdirectories in Ham-Radio. > > Use 64 bit operating system for sure. > > Either OS (7 or 8) will be great when compared to XP. 8.1 will position > you for an easy migration to 10 (yep, no Windows 9) - but either will be > fine. > > Paul - ND4X > > > > > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 12:48:19 -0700 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase 2007 and Windows 8 > > > > The windows 8 interface was developed primarily with touch-screen users > in mind. My son has a Microsoft Surface Pro and he says that Windows 8 is > very nice with the touch screen, but definitely would not like it on a > typical mouse-driven desktop. He isn't the only one: I have heard little > good said about it for regular, mouse oriented users, though I have heard > that Windows 8.1 is better. > > > > In appearance the user interface for Windows 7 is much more like Windows > XP (and can be made to look almost exactly like XP), which is replaces. The > difference between 32 and 64 bit operating systems lies primarily in the > amount of addressable RAM. 32 bits can address only up to about 3 GB (with > appropriate extensions). A 64 bit operating system can address far more > memory than you can stuff into any PC. The 64 bit operating systems will > run 32 bit programs without any problem, but 32 bit programs can themselves > only address 2 GB of RAM (~3 GB with appropriate extensions). 64 bit > systems are intrinsically no faster than 32 bit systems. For numerical > work, 64 bits can carry more significant digits than can 32 bits. > > > > Kim N5OP > > > > > > On Monday, October 20, 2014 2:22 PM, Richard Solomon < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I bought a new computer and have the choice of Windows 7 (32 or > > 64 bit) or Windows 8. > > > > How does DXBase play with any of these ? I would like to install > > Windows 8, but only if it works. > > > > 73, Dick, W1KSZ > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Dxbase mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
