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To: SeekAndFind

Add to the price the cost to replace any peripherals that will no longer work.


2 posted on 06/21/2015 5:48:11 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

“Add to the price the cost to replace any peripherals that will no longer work.”

Assuming peripherals includes software, this is what I do not like about new operating systems.

Typically there is a work around, but it is a royal pain. Such as I have a 1994 16 bit CAD program I am running on a 64 bit Windows 7. I can retire the 16 bit program once I get all the drawings upgraded to 2015 software.

The work around is to install an older version of Windows, such as XP, Win95 etc on the 64 bit using a virtual machine.


9 posted on 06/21/2015 6:24:12 AM PDT by redfreedom (All it takes for evil to win is for good people to do nothing - that's how the left took over.)
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To: Truth29

I bought a new computer with Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit. It wouldn’t work with my CanoScan LiDE 35 flatbed scanner. I managed by telling it I had a CanoScan LiDE 60 hooked up.


14 posted on 06/21/2015 6:49:47 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Truth29
Add to the price the cost to replace any peripherals and software programs that will no longer work.
15 posted on 06/21/2015 7:08:03 AM PDT by TomGuy
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