Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Randy Bennell

On 24/01/2013 11:00 AM, M G wrote:

OK my turn to go off talking about MBs.

My laptop crumped. It was an Asus G1 and has served well for a long time. I 
have another newer laptop that I absolutely hate as it has win7 and will not 
allow XP Pro to be installed. It is an HP G60-635DX and nowhere can I find any 
drivers for XP or any instructions on how to go about doing the dirty deed.
Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be installable but I have 
some older programs that require no later then XP in order to run. No I don't 
want to run XP in a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just 
too cumbersome.

My thought is to see if anyone knows of a laptop that I can look for that has 
drivers for XP and will allow XP to be installed. I would prefer one that runs 
at 2+ ghz, has all the normal plugin possibilities, and will take a 6 gig drive 
or bigger. I don't need a huge screen and don't really like the keyboards that 
have a numeric keypad added in the right of the normal keyboard as I don't use 
it and it puts the keyboard off center and it feels wrong.

So there it is. I would be grateful for any suggestions.

Manfred

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How about upgrading the version of Win7 to Pro?
I have not done so, but I am told that the older programs can be run 
under Win7 if one has the correct version.


I would truly like to know if it is true, as there is one old program 
that I want to use too.


Randy

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Tim C
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Randy Bennell  wrote:

> How about upgrading the version of Win7 to Pro?
> I have not done so, but I am told that the older programs can be run under
> Win7 if one has the correct version.
>

I did not know it was linked to "Pro" [only version I have] but it is true
that there is a compatibility mode; in some cases it is even automatic.  It
works pretty well, except for some rogue programs that are defined to look
in random places. (I had one Windows 98 program that was looking in an odd
place for a file, I don't even remember what it was but just something to
keep in mind.)

If you mention a program name I can maybe try it out?

I have found 7 to run significantly faster, on the same hardware as XP.

Thanks,
-Tim
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Randy Bennell


On 24/01/2013 11:38 AM, Tim C wrote:

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Randy Bennell  wrote:


How about upgrading the version of Win7 to Pro?
I have not done so, but I am told that the older programs can be run under
Win7 if one has the correct version.


I did not know it was linked to "Pro" [only version I have] but it is true
that there is a compatibility mode; in some cases it is even automatic.  It
works pretty well, except for some rogue programs that are defined to look
in random places. (I had one Windows 98 program that was looking in an odd
place for a file, I don't even remember what it was but just something to
keep in mind.)

If you mention a program name I can maybe try it out?

I have found 7 to run significantly faster, on the same hardware as XP.

Thanks,
-Tim
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The program I was using was Omniform 5.1 version if I recall correctly.

I cannot buy a new version as the company got bought up by Nuance (again 
if I recall correctly).
They have rolled it into some other program and although I have bought a 
couple of versions of it, I have never been able to make it work like 
the old one did.
I don't know if that is just me and I have not given it enough effort or 
what but it is frustrating as the old version was useful.
I could scan an existing paper form and turn it into a document that I 
could fill in the blanks on and print.

Useful for a lawyer.

Randy

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Fmiser
> Randy Bennell wrote:

> The program I was using was Omniform 5.1 version if I recall
> correctly.
 
> I could scan an existing paper form and turn it into a
> document that I could fill in the blanks on and print.

Inkscape can do that.  The scanned document is a bitmap.
Inkscape can load that and then text can be put on top.

It's free as in "free pizza" and free as in "freedom".  I know
there are a Mac, MSWin, and Linux ports.

--Philip

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "M G"  wrote:

> Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be installable but I have 
> some older programs that require no later then XP in order to run. No I don't 
> want to run XP in a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just 
> too cumbersome.
> 
> My thought is to see if anyone knows of a laptop that I can look for that has 
> drivers for XP and will allow XP to be installed. I would prefer one that 
> runs at 2+ ghz, has all the normal plugin possibilities, and will take a 6 
> gig drive or bigger. I don't need a huge screen and don't really like the 
> keyboards that have a numeric keypad added in the right of the normal 
> keyboard as I don't use it and it puts the keyboard off center and it feels 
> wrong. 
> 
> So there it is. I would be grateful for any suggestions.


Ugh. Windows XP is almost at the end of its life cycle. All new computers that 
are Windows based are shipping with Windows 8, which is three generations newer 
than XP. You are hanging on to an obsolete operating system. Windows 7 will run 
most XP programs in "XP mode" I believe. 
A Lenovo T-60 or T-61 would fit your needs nicely. As would a Dell D-630. 
I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do have to boot into 
Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a Linux version. 

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Dan Penoff
I have over 30,000 clients running XP, which are being replaced with Windows 7 
machines at the rate of about 5,000/year. At that rate I will be all in on 
Windows 7 when Windows 8 is approaching end of life.

Say what you want, but XP has been good for us from an enterprise standpoint. 7 
is OK but has its quirks.

And we are finally moving to DFS! Hallelujah! No more drive mapping!

Dan who is migrating a file server right now courtesy of Robocopy

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On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Rick Knoble  wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "M G"  wrote:
> 
>> Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be installable but I 
>> have some older programs that require no later then XP in order to run. No I 
>> don't want to run XP in a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to 
>> me just too cumbersome.
>> 
>> My thought is to see if anyone knows of a laptop that I can look for that 
>> has drivers for XP and will allow XP to be installed. I would prefer one 
>> that runs at 2+ ghz, has all the normal plugin possibilities, and will take 
>> a 6 gig drive or bigger. I don't need a huge screen and don't really like 
>> the keyboards that have a numeric keypad added in the right of the normal 
>> keyboard as I don't use it and it puts the keyboard off center and it feels 
>> wrong. 
>> 
>> So there it is. I would be grateful for any suggestions.
> 
> 
> Ugh. Windows XP is almost at the end of its life cycle. All new computers 
> that are Windows based are shipping with Windows 8, which is three 
> generations newer than XP. You are hanging on to an obsolete operating 
> system. Windows 7 will run most XP programs in "XP mode" I believe. 
> A Lenovo T-60 or T-61 would fit your needs nicely. As would a Dell D-630. 
> I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do have to boot into 
> Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a Linux version. 
> 
> Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:57 PM, "Dan Penoff"  wrote:

> Say what you want, but XP has been good for us from an enterprise standpoint. 
> 7 is OK but has its quirks.


I didn't say it was a bad OS. I said it is nearing EOL. I know someone still 
running Windows 98. It still works, it is just not supported. 

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Benz Hogs

I have a T-60 that I need to sell
XP is still alive until April 2014, it's not dead YET! (said the man 
with the thick Monty Python/British accent :) )


Luther   KB5QHUForest Park, IL
'98 ML320 "Max" (160,xxx mi)

On 1/24/2013 6:46 PM, Rick Knoble wrote:

On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "M G"  wrote:


Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be installable but I have 
some older programs that require no later then XP in order to run. No I don't 
want to run XP in a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just 
too cumbersome.

My thought is to see if anyone knows of a laptop that I can look for that has 
drivers for XP and will allow XP to be installed. I would prefer one that runs 
at 2+ ghz, has all the normal plugin possibilities, and will take a 6 gig drive 
or bigger. I don't need a huge screen and don't really like the keyboards that 
have a numeric keypad added in the right of the normal keyboard as I don't use 
it and it puts the keyboard off center and it feels wrong.

So there it is. I would be grateful for any suggestions.



Ugh. Windows XP is almost at the end of its life cycle. All new computers that are 
Windows based are shipping with Windows 8, which is three generations newer than XP. You 
are hanging on to an obsolete operating system. Windows 7 will run most XP programs in 
"XP mode" I believe.
A Lenovo T-60 or T-61 would fit your needs nicely. As would a Dell D-630.
I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do have to boot into 
Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a Linux version.

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread M G
Thanks Rick, I'll look for those.

Manfred

Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:46:01 -0600
From: Rick Knoble 
To: Mercedes Discussion List 
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

A Lenovo T-60 or T-61 would fit your needs nicely. As would a Dell D-630.
I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do have to boot into 
Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a Linux version.

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Fmiser
> > "M G"  wrote:
> >
> > Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be
> > installable but I have some older programs that require no
> > later then XP in order to run. No I don't want to run XP in
> > a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just
> > too cumbersome.

>  Rick Knoble wrote:
> 
> I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do
> have to boot into Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a
> Linux version. 

Better than Apple in that regard.  It might take more to get it
set to be comfortable - but it's quite rare for something to
quit working.  Once it's working it stays that way.

As far as a virtual machine, what aspect do you find cumbersome? 

--  Philip, with less than 20 virtual machines.  I think...

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Dan Penoff
...and I am busy occupying my time at work migrating virtualized Windows 2000 
servers on to 2008R2 Server VMs.

Oy.

Dan who is not nearing EOL

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On Jan 24, 2013, at 9:15 PM, Rick Knoble  wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2013, at 6:57 PM, "Dan Penoff"  wrote:
> 
>> Say what you want, but XP has been good for us from an enterprise 
>> standpoint. 7 is OK but has its quirks.
> 
> 
> I didn't say it was a bad OS. I said it is nearing EOL. I know someone still 
> running Windows 98. It still works, it is just not supported. 
> 
> Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-24 Thread Dieselhead
Facts of life.  Win XP is as strong in business now as it was ~10 
years ago.  Particularly when optimized for performance and the 
"classic" start screen is used (so as to make it look like windows 
2000)  Our machines at work are XP, and there is no interest in 
moving.  We just loaded orifice 2003 on a couple machines today. 
Again, it works fine.  Not as quirky as orifice 2007.  Being EOL, M$ 
is not as anal about their fees as they are with the latest.   Not 
many businesses on Win 7 or 8.  More likely to go penguin than 
support Bill's old age.  We buy used hardware for $30 to $50.  Keeps 
the IT budget in line.


If I were looking for a winders laptop, I'd be looking for XP 
compatibility too.


That said, for an XP laptop, my choice is a Macbook.  Use the mac for 
most things then run XP with bootcamp or as a VM for what you need to.


I have been running that way for several years.  Last 2 years, no xp. 
once in a while I wish I had it, but never enough to feel it is woth 
the time to load on my VM on the macbook.  Remember when the macbook 
came out, it was the fastest Winders laptop, either bare or with 
bootcamp.  SWMBO had a hard drive die a year ago on the very first 
edition of white Macbook.  What's that? 7 years old now?  My early 
macbook unibody had a fan go out last year.  Still not bad for 5 
years or whatever it is.


I do freely admit that I have winxp machines available for the times 
I really need xp.  Otherwise, I'd have broken down and installed it 
with bootcamp or the VM.




I have over 30,000 clients running XP, which are being replaced with 
Windows 7 machines at the rate of about 5,000/year. At that rate I 
will be all in on Windows 7 when Windows 8 is approaching end of 
life.


Say what you want, but XP has been good for us from an enterprise 
standpoint. 7 is OK but has its quirks.


And we are finally moving to DFS! Hallelujah! No more drive mapping!

Dan who is migrating a file server right now courtesy of Robocopy

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On Jan 24, 2013, at 7:46 PM, Rick Knoble  wrote:


 On Jan 24, 2013, at 11:00 AM, "M G"  wrote:

 Yes I know that linux of some flavor or another may be 
installable but I have some older programs that require no later 
then XP in order to run. No I don't want to run XP in a virtual 
machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just too cumbersome.


 My thought is to see if anyone knows of a laptop that I can look 
for that has drivers for XP and will allow XP to be installed. I 
would prefer one that runs at 2+ ghz, has all the normal plugin 
possibilities, and will take a 6 gig drive or bigger. I don't need 
a huge screen and don't really like the keyboards that have a 
numeric keypad added in the right of the normal keyboard as I 
don't use it and it puts the keyboard off center and it feels 
wrong.


 So there it is. I would be grateful for any suggestions.



 Ugh. Windows XP is almost at the end of its life cycle. All new 
computers that are Windows based are shipping with Windows 8, which 
is three generations newer than XP. You are hanging on to an 
obsolete operating system. Windows 7 will run most XP programs in 
"XP mode" I believe.

 A Lenovo T-60 or T-61 would fit your needs nicely. As would a Dell D-630.
 I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do have 
to boot into Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a Linux 
version.


 Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-25 Thread M G
would have to install and configure as well as learn how to do it all. Then I 
have also heard that it is in some cases a lot slower and not all programs run 
in a virtual machine. Or so I was told.

Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find all the program 
disks to reinstall the programs I have.

Manfred


Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:27:07 -0600
From: Fmiser 
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

. No I don't want to run XP in
> > a virtual machine under linux or win7 as that is to me just
> > too cumbersome.

>  Rick Knoble wrote:
>
> I run Linux. Much like Apple products "it just works". I do
> have to boot into Windows soon though, TurboTax doesn't make a
> Linux version.

Better than Apple in that regard.  It might take more to get it
set to be comfortable - but it's quite rare for something to
quit working.  Once it's working it stays that way.

As far as a virtual machine, what aspect do you find cumbersome?

--  Philip, with less than 20 virtual machines.  I think...


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-25 Thread Fmiser
> > Fmiser wrote:
> >
> > As far as a virtual machine, what aspect do you find
> > cumbersome?

> M G wrote:
>
> would have to install and configure as well as learn how to do
> it all.

It's really not very hard.  Setup is covered by dozens of web
tutorials.  Then you install the OS just like a "bare metal"
computer.

> Then I have also heard that it is in some cases a lot
> slower...

It can be, but most processors made in the last 8 years or
so have stuff that makes the virtual machine run at upwards of
95% "native" speed.  Usually like 99%.

Oh, and you can get VirtualBox (the program for hosting the
guest virtual machines) for MS Win.   So you could have a WinXP
guest running one a Win8 host.

> and not all programs run in a virtual machine. Or so I
> was told.

I am far from a typical user.  But so far, out of more than 60
or so pro audio specialized software I have fond two that
won't.  One has something to do with the USB interface and so
the program runs fine but can't communicate with the external
hardware.  The other is a network multitrack sound interface.
It seems for this one it is a license _restriction_, not
actually problem with using a virtual machine.

> Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find all
> the program disks to reinstall the programs I have.

Ah.  That will be a problem no matter _what_ you do for a new
computer.  New hardware or new virtual machine will both need
installers.

--   Philip

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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-25 Thread Rick Knoble
On Jan 25, 2013, at 6:21 PM, "M G"  wrote:

> 
> Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find all the program 
> disks to reinstall the programs I have.

Then you are hosed if you switch to a new computer, unless you image your 
computer to a new hard drive and install that in the new computer. Winders may 
not like the new hardware though. IIRC, Windows has a limit on the number of 
hardware changes it sees before it decides you are trying to be a pirate. 
Aarrr. What software do you need? The Linux world likely has a free or low cost 
answer :-)

Rick
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread Tim C
On Jan 25, 2013 10:33 PM, "Fmiser"  wrote:
>
> won't.  One has something to do with the USB interface and so
> the program runs fine but can't communicate with the external
> hardware.

I know you love virtual box, but have you tried this one under VMWare
Player?  I have had uncanny success using USB peripherals through my Linux
host to my Windows VM on the newest Player builds.

I vaguely recall there is a way to flip the "this is running inside a VM"
bit with the VMX, but that doesn't change the license so probably wouldn't
do you any good.

> > Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find all
> > the program disks to reinstall the programs I have.
>
> Ah.  That will be a problem no matter _what_ you do for a new
> computer.  New hardware or new virtual machine will both need
> installers.

Not necessarily, VMWare Converter (free) will convert an existing machine
into a VMWare image.  I assume from that point you could further convert to
another image type.

In any case if there were programs I needed for work and I didn't have the
install disks, I would install VMWare Converter, run out and get an
external drive bigger than the base computer, and make a backup image
ASAP.  I would probably even pay the markup to get the drive locally.
Otherwise you are one hard drive crash from never being able to use those
programs again, at least not without a lot of unnecessary effort.  You
don't have to set up the VM infrastructure immediately or even soon, but
you are really going to want that image at some point.

Best,
Tim
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread M G
Thank you for clearing up some of my misconceptions Philip. The problem with 
the program disks is not a problem if the computer is running XP directly as 
the disk will be either exchanged with the disk already in the computer or if 
the disk in the computer is bigger then the old disk will be cloned onto the 
new disk. That way everything will still work, or should anyway. 

If a used/refurbished Asus G1 or G1s was not so expensive then I would get 
another one of them but it seems like they cost upwards of $1000 or more for 
the couple I have found. Course those may have been on old pages from years 
ago, can't tell. The one I have went to Iraq in 05 with my daughter and lasted 
till now when I screwed up and forgot to clean the radiator so that the video 
chip overheated and died.

Manfred

Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:31:07 -0600
From: Fmiser 
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed


> Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find all
> the program disks to reinstall the programs I have.

Ah.  That will be a problem no matter _what_ you do for a new
computer.  New hardware or new virtual machine will both need
installers.

--   Philip


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Laptop info needed

2013-01-26 Thread Fmiser
> > "Fmiser"  wrote:
> >
> > won't.  One has something to do with the USB interface and so
> > the program runs fine but can't communicate with the external
> > hardware.

> Tim C wrote:
> 
> I know you love virtual box, but have you tried this one under
> VMWare Player?  I have had uncanny success using USB
> peripherals through my Linux host to my Windows VM on the
> newest Player builds.

I use Virtualbox.  I actually started by using QEmu.  Had that
running, but MSWin would not install dotNet.  So I gave up and
went to VMware - but every kernel change meant mucking about
with patches that didn't work, and hours spent trying to get the
kernel drivers going.  For me, VirtualBox is as easy as
"aptitude install" - and apt takes care of things as the kernels
migrate.  So I have not touched VMWare in, oh 6 years or so...

> I vaguely recall there is a way to flip the "this is running
> inside a VM" bit with the VMX, but that doesn't change the
> license so probably wouldn't do you any good.

Yeah.  I'm kinda picky about licenses.  So I'm stuck there.  I
_think_ the vendor is doing wacky stuff with the USB 'cause they
say things like "_Always_ use the same physical USB port that
you used when you installed the driver."  Yup - for their
application, using a different one can mess it up.

> > > Of course there is also the fact that I no longer can find
> > > all the program disks to reinstall the programs I have.
> >
> > Ah.  That will be a problem no matter _what_ you do for a new
> > computer.  New hardware or new virtual machine will both need
> > installers.
> 
> Not necessarily, VMWare Converter (free) will convert an
> existing machine into a VMWare image.  I assume from that
> point you could further convert to another image type.

Oooh.  That could save the day - but cloning forward a MSWin
machine that is many years old?  I fall back to my "fresh
install" disk file every year or so 'cause the running copy gets
squirrelly after a while.  And it seems to be common to have to
re-install the OS every so often.  Another strong point about
*nics. *smiles*

--   Philip

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