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john

Jan 1, 1970
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hi,
I am buying new laptop with vista (64 bit) operating system. I have
orcad release 9.0 which I work wih windows 2000 professional. Did any
one install the orcad release 9 on vista and worke with it. I will
appreciate it. Thanks

John
 
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MooseFET

Jan 1, 1970
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hi,
I am buying  new laptop with vista (64 bit) operating system. I have
orcad release 9.0 which I work wih windows 2000 professional. Did any
one install the orcad release 9 on vista and worke with it. I will
appreciate it. Thanks

Not 9.0 but one of the later ones has been installed on a Vista
machine. As far as I know, it runs slowly but doesn't crash all that
often.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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Not 9.0 but one of the later ones has been installed on a Vista
machine. As far as I know, it runs slowly but doesn't crash all that
often.

Another option is VMware and an XP installation.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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qrk

Jan 1, 1970
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hi,
I am buying new laptop with vista (64 bit) operating system. I have
orcad release 9.0 which I work wih windows 2000 professional. Did any
one install the orcad release 9 on vista and worke with it. I will
appreciate it. Thanks

John

Haven't tried it myself. However, one of our guys has 64-bit Vista and
found it's incompatible with various non 64-bit engineering apps. I
think the Xilinx tools have problems with Vista 64. Do yourself a
favor and load XP, even if you need to buy a separate hard drive. Be
sure the laptop has XP drivers available. Vista is meant for home
entertainment, not work.
 
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Jim Thompson

Jan 1, 1970
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Haven't tried it myself. However, one of our guys has 64-bit Vista and
found it's incompatible with various non 64-bit engineering apps. I
think the Xilinx tools have problems with Vista 64. Do yourself a
favor and load XP, even if you need to buy a separate hard drive. Be
sure the laptop has XP drivers available. Vista is meant for home
entertainment, not work.

John says, "I am buying..."

It's quite likely the laptop can be purchased with XP installed
instead of Vista. My Lenovo was available that way.

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qrk

Jan 1, 1970
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John says, "I am buying..."

It's quite likely the laptop can be purchased with XP installed
instead of Vista. My Lenovo was available that way.

...Jim Thompson

When he receives the machine, he can upgrade it to XP. Newegg sells XP
for $131 plus another hard drive so he can preserve his original
installation for warranty purposes.

Lenovo (IBM) is a rarity these days. Most have caved in to M$ pressure
to push their crappy Vista OS. I think Lenovo charges an extra $85 if
you want XP.
 
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krw

Jan 1, 1970
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When he receives the machine, he can upgrade it to XP. Newegg sells XP
for $131 plus another hard drive so he can preserve his original
installation for warranty purposes.

It's the hard drive that I have trouble with. ;-/
Lenovo (IBM) is a rarity these days. Most have caved in to M$ pressure
to push their crappy Vista OS. I think Lenovo charges an extra $85 if
you want XP.

Lenovo <> IBM (nothing to do with each other anymore, other than
Lenovo uses IBM service). XP is still a $0 option for those systems
that come with Vista Business. Apparently XP can either come
installed or shipped as a DVD with Vista installed. I'm not sure if
they still do it, but I ordered a free XP DVD for my wife's Vista
Thinkpad some time back.
 
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qrk

Jan 1, 1970
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It's the hard drive that I have trouble with. ;-/


Lenovo <> IBM (nothing to do with each other anymore, other than
Lenovo uses IBM service). XP is still a $0 option for those systems
that come with Vista Business. Apparently XP can either come
installed or shipped as a DVD with Vista installed. I'm not sure if
they still do it, but I ordered a free XP DVD for my wife's Vista
Thinkpad some time back.

Gad, my boss paid $85 to get his new Lenovo with XP. They installed
it, so perhaps the charge was for installation.
 
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krw

Jan 1, 1970
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Gad, my boss paid $85 to get his new Lenovo with XP. They installed
it, so perhaps the charge was for installation.

Perhaps it's model dependant. The models I looked at came with Vista
Business, so XP Pro was a no cost option. If it's a Vista Home model,
naturally the "Pro" version will cost more (as does Vista Business).
THe point is that, according to the Lenovo site, they're not charging
extra for (only) XP.
 
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