[umgud]

If Vista won’t support XP stuff, will Win 7 support both? Or, will ya have to buy new printers, etc all over again?

[microgood]

If Vista won’t support XP stuff, will Win 7 support both? Or, will ya have to buy new printers, etc all over again?

Actually with Windows 7 you get a virtual version of Windows XP so you can still run everything you have in that window.

[DGHoodini]

Don’t bet the rent money on this, but it is my understanding that 7 will support a ‘virtual XP” environment, if you have the extra memory and hard disk space to support it.

[TomGuy]

If Vista won’t support XP stuff, will Win 7 support both? Or, will ya have to buy new printers, etc all over again?

I had to do that when I upgraded from Win98 to WinXP. I lost a good printer and scanner because they were 'too old' and neither their mfgr's nor MS provided new drivers.

Unless Win7 offers something spectacular for home users, I don't intend to upgrade to it. As long as I can still play my DOS games, do an occasional letter in Word 2.0, and connect to the Internet, I'll stick with XP.