Hmmmm now I’m not sure. This virtual mode along with Black Friday sounds better and better. When I posted I wasn’t sure of the responses but there have been several reasonable paths/solutions suggested. Mac Air and Mac Pro just don’t fit unless I can get one for $400 or less. Oh and a brand new OS to learn.
Thanks all.
That and the 75” Samsung Smart TV maybe for Christmas. 75” won’t fit. :<(((
OOps, make that compatible mode???? And turn off security, right? All on W7 Home?????
I use Windows XP Mode all the time to demo networking stuff to students. Works like a charm.
And while XP might be outdated, if you like to tinker around with your settings and whatnot, XP is much more straightforward.
Allen, give Windows7 a try. I met my first computers (huge machines) in about 1976, in a very cold room at Carnegie Mellon University. I knew I wasn’t geeky enough. I dated a guy that got one of the first lap tops. It was the size of a suit case and very heavy. I was sobbing on the phone to my husband the first time I got the blue screen of death, thinking I’d broken our brand new, $1500 Intel (so cutting edge) computer. It was distressing when Win 3.0 was upgraded to 95. I’m not sure I’ve ever really gotten over that. But I did love XP...for as long as I possibly could, but finally, I had to get Win7 machine. I love it! Love it! And for the uber geeky people that yell “Linux,” I’ve tried an untold number of distros for over a decade and have never had one that was fully functional with my hardware. (I got a little geeky over the years. Biggest mistake of my life not changing my major to computer science.) The last 3 laptops I’ve bought (family) have been Toshibas with Windows7. It’ll take you all of 5 minutes to turn off user controls, and then smooth sailing. I’d never go back to XP. I’ve got a desktop that’s XP and boy is it a dog in comparison. Hope you find a good fit.