The current MB Air does not support XP or even 7

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Post #412,967 by rcareaga 8/23/16 10:34:53 PM 8/23/16 10:34:53 PM Reply	The current MB Air does not support XP or even 7 ...under BootCamp. cordially,
Post #412,969 by Another Scott 8/23/16 11:38:42 PM 8/23/16 11:38:42 PM Reply	If you use a VM you don't need BootCamp I set up a (free) VirtualBox virtual machine for my step mom's iMac so that she could run Quicken for Windows. I installed Win7 in the VM and then she installed Quicken in that. It worked fine. The VM is just an icon on the desktop - you can still run Mac apps at the same time - the Windows apps are confined to the VM window. It's an option to run Windows in a VM, and it can work fine, (and might be a good choice for her), but there are tradeoffs. I've never booted Windows on a Mac. There are a few other options, with their own issues. LibreOffice is free and very good and there is a import filter for WPD. HTH a little. Cheers, Scott.
Post #412,970 by Andrew Grygus 8/23/16 11:59:13 PM 8/23/16 11:59:13 PM Reply	I've installed Libra Office on several machines . . . . . specifically for the included Word Perfect compatibility.

Hive mind consensus on Windows 10? - (rcareaga) - (24) - Aug. 23, 2016, 09:18:03 PM EDT

Re: Hive mind consensus on Windows 10? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2016, 09:23:52 PM EDT

Well said. - (Another Scott) - Aug. 23, 2016, 10:04:29 PM EDT

no reason not to use xp is there? - (boxley) - (3) - Aug. 23, 2016, 09:42:01 PM EDT

The current MB Air does not support XP or even 7 - (rcareaga) - (2) - Aug. 23, 2016, 10:34:53 PM EDT

If you use a VM you don't need BootCamp - (Another Scott) - (1) - Aug. 23, 2016, 11:38:42 PM EDT

I've installed Libra Office on several machines . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 23, 2016, 11:59:13 PM EDT

It's fine. - (pwhysall) - (3) - Aug. 24, 2016, 02:36:51 AM EDT

+10 on your last sentence - (boxley) - Aug. 24, 2016, 11:11:55 AM EDT

Re: In-car systems - Toyota: Yay! Ford: Boo! - (drook) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2016, 01:13:24 PM EDT

A former cow-orker of mine did usability testing for the Ford SYNC stuff - (malraux) - Aug. 24, 2016, 03:10:26 PM EDT

I thought 8/8.1 was pretty ground-breaking. - (static) - (2) - Aug. 24, 2016, 03:31:18 AM EDT

A third of a step step backward towards Windows 7 is a good thing. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2016, 10:45:07 AM EDT

So just use Windows 7 - (pwhysall) - Aug. 24, 2016, 12:37:18 PM EDT

We upgraded all our workstations to it from 7 last month. - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 24, 2016, 09:27:21 AM EDT

Re: Hive mind consensus on Windows 10? - (altmann) - (1) - Aug. 24, 2016, 07:38:16 PM EDT

Slowing down updates. - (static) - Aug. 24, 2016, 09:09:54 PM EDT

You do not want to become the admin - (scoenye) - (7) - Aug. 25, 2016, 07:17:50 PM EDT

Yes, "user friendly" almost always means "techncian unfriendly". -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Aug. 25, 2016, 09:55:18 PM EDT

At the OS level, it has to be - (drook) - (2) - Aug. 26, 2016, 08:05:45 AM EDT

But not like this - (scoenye) - (1) - Aug. 26, 2016, 09:14:46 PM EDT

Yes, that is how it is. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 26, 2016, 09:30:11 PM EDT

Printer management is a never ending disaster in Windows. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Aug. 26, 2016, 08:01:13 AM EDT

Win 10 comes with Bonjour, it's just not good at finding Windows printers :-/ -NT - (scoenye) - (1) - Aug. 26, 2016, 09:21:33 PM EDT

Should have known. :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - Aug. 26, 2016, 09:26:08 PM EDT

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