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March 23rd, 2007 13:00

One thing thats holding me back.

I got my express upgrade the other day. I want to go ahead and ugrade my computer, the only problem is I use AutoCAD for school and I'm in the middle of the semester. There currently is no "vista" version of it, but I read on some of the boards that some people were just running it in compatibility mode. Can you actually do this with no problems? Itunes is another thing, but I use that more on my desktop than my laptop.
 
Which reminds me, if my desktop stays with XP, and my laptop is vista, would there be a problem transferring files and just the network in general?
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    mweddle26

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    Posted March 23rd, 2007 13:00

    Can you run programs that aren't necessarily designed for vista  in compability mode?
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    Rebel9

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    Posted March 23rd, 2007 13:00

    I can't answer your AutoCad question, but networking works fine. I have 2 systems running XP and 1 running Vista. Absolutely no problems.
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    Posted March 23rd, 2007 14:00

    It really depends on the program. It's a trial and error thing.
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    Donsell

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    Posted March 23rd, 2007 14:00

    I'm not a hardcore AutoCad user, but I use 2007 in Vista 32 Business without a problem.  My machine is an Optiplex 740, AMD X2 4200, 2 meg of ram, 256mb Nvidia 7600 graphic card. 
     
    If you try it, I'd take a complete backup of your XP so you can restore.
     
    There is nothing wrong with waiting until the end of your semester either. 

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