Bruce, it was comment of user of XP which had to start use W7 and tested a bit W8. :/
Odesláno z iPhonu 5. 12. 2013 v 6:31, Bruce <bruce at tomo.co.nz>: > > A good response then, thank you all very much... > even though I could hear the disguised sneer in the Mac user's comment! ;) > > It seems that Win7, 8.1 and Debian are all contenders for a Therion user. > > This may be getting off topic... > > My needs are; > -low risk, I cannot afford an interruption that requires me to focus my whole > attention before 'life as usual' can resume, > > -resistance to change, I have many spreadsheets with embedded VBA that run > only on Excel 2000-2003 for Windows (and some other apps) (thanks to my > misplaced trust in Microsoft's forward compatibility). I need to dump my > existing XP environment 'exactly as is' into a virtual machine, > > -low intensity, a migration that enables me to trickle my many applications > to the new os at my leisure over time (unless it can do it automatically in > one go), > > -for the developing artist in the family; to run the latest wacom drawing > tablets (which XP does not) > > > While the Windows options might seem to be the natural choice for a Windows > user of 20 years, my testing of the waters to date suggests that Debian may > not be much more of a shock than the new Windows. Apart from my legacy of > Windows knowledge, and data that depends on Windows apps I would go there in > a moment. I just lack the time to do a lot of relearning and a local Debian > mentor I think. > > I am a bit worried though, about the amount of time it took Therion 5.3.11 to > turn up in Debian! > > I'd like to 'upgrade in place' on the same machine, but I think that violates > my first point above, so I guess I'm up for a new computer, at least for the > duration of the migration. > > Wookey, can Wine or Virtualbox receive an intact XP system? It seems to me it > requires a fresh reinstall of Windows and all the apps? > > Currently I'm hunting around for solutions like zinstall, but any suggestions > welcomed. > > Bruce > > PS - I see two Notepad++ users - is that coincidence because it is good > software? Or because of the entry in the Therion wiki? > > > _______________________________________________ > Therion mailing list > Therion at speleo.sk > http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.speleo.sk/pipermail/therion/attachments/20131205/481d02f7/attachment.html>