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F*O*A*D

On 4/2/14, 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014 12:42:31 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 4/2/14, 12:37 PM, wrote:

I have never heard of anyone loading Vista or W/7 on their existing
machine. It is generally a machine sold with that OS bundled in it. I
assume they would use an adequate machine.

*I* loaded Vista on two existing machines. I was an official beta tester
for MS in those days. I never had serious problems with Vista.

We know you are special and a glutton for punishment. I was talking
about regular people who actually do useful things with their
computer.
There may be people who are dumb enough to ignore the system
requirements and load a new OS on an old machine but it you really
want to go fast, load an old OS on a new machine.

Before MS approved me for the Vista beta, I filled out a questionnaire
to "qualify" my gear at the time. It qualified. The original Windoze
betas were for punishment gluttons, as they arrived on about 20 hard
case floppies. Every week.