On Jan 10, 2010, at 01:28 , M Henri Day wrote: > 2010/1/10 John Boyle <jbo...@harbornet.com> > >> To Users: I use WIN XP, and today at my computer club, we had a >> presentation of WIN 7 and the FACT that MANY programs are NOT compatible >> with it, OR , the FACT that you have to have the original installation >> disks, as you have to re-install ALL programs, although you can and must >> back up ALL that you have on your computer NOW! I was given a WIN 7 Upgrade >> Advisor disk, to take home, this is NOT WIN 7 itself, but it checks out what >> you have both in devices and in software, and gives you a list of what will >> work and what won't! BEFORE, anyone upgrades, it would behoove you to get >> that Advisor from MSFT! Those of you who just got NEW computers with WIN 7 >> already installed, I say great, but most of us are in deep trouble, as I see >> it!!! =-O You will either have to find ALL the original installation disks, >> or get new versions on disks, except for Open Office, which you will just >> have to download ALL OVER AGAIN! It seems it is mandatory that you backup >> ALL your hard drives, even though you still have to have the original >> installation disks, anyway! Plus you may have to get NEW HARDWARE, also! >> How many think WIN 7 is worth ALL this trouble? :-\ >> > > John, to answer your second question first, no, I don't think Windows 7 is > worth all this trouble, as you put it. But each computer user must decide > for him or herself. As for the question you pose in the heading, other users > have reported that OOo is eminently compatible with Windows 7. I have no > experience myself of this matter, as I'm waiting for the stable release of > OOo 3.2 before installing the suite on my Windows-7 setup. But I'm happy to > report that OOo works fine with 64-bit Ubuntu Karmic.... > > Henri
I have had no problem with OOo 3.1.1 on Windows 7, but then I'm one of the 80% or more of people who use 20% or less of the functionality. And to add to Henri's list, it also works well with 32-bit Ubuntu Karmic and a couple of previous generations. It also works a dream on Snow Leopard (10.6..2) on my Mac. //James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
