[QBFimi]

Is this thread about that new Windows 7 POS?

I just blew $1200 on two laptops that won’t run ANY of my XP radio software programs?

[lancium]

Download windows xp mode from microsoft

[zeugma]

I just blew $1200 on two laptops that won’t run ANY of my XP radio software programs?

Ham stuff? There's lots of good Linux Ham tools.

[dayglored]

> Is this thread about that new Windows 7 POS?

No, it's about CPU cores. And it's "OS", not "POS". :)

> I just blew $1200 on two laptops that won’t run ANY of my XP radio software programs?

Sorry you're unhappy with your new machines. As others have commented, you can download "XP Mode" for Win7 from Microsoft (essentially a virtual machine of XP); or you might be able to downgrade Win7 to XP if you have an old copy of XP around (but beware of driver issues); or you can lose Windows entirely and load Linux.

My strong suggestion would be to make the leap to Win7 and see if you can get your programs in a version for it. Look for versions of the programs that are compiled for Win7, (or Vista). Although the cross-compatibility is not bad between NT5 (XP/2K) and NT6 (Win7/Vista), a lot of programs will run on one but not on the other.