[Dxbase] DXBase 2007 and Windows 8

Mon Oct 20 15:48:19 EDT 2014

The windows 8 interface was developed primarily with touch-screen users in mind. My son has a Microsoft Surface Pro and he says that Windows 8 is very nice with the touch screen, but definitely would not like it on a typical mouse-driven desktop. He isn't the only one: I have heard little good said about it for regular, mouse oriented users, though I have heard that Windows 8.1 is better. 
In appearance the user interface for Windows 7 is much more like Windows XP (and can be made to look almost exactly like XP), which is replaces. The difference between 32 and 64 bit operating systems lies primarily in the amount of addressable RAM. 32 bits can address only up to about 3 GB (with appropriate extensions). A 64 bit operating system can address far more memory than you can stuff into any PC. The 64 bit operating systems will run 32 bit programs without any problem, but 32 bit programs can themselves only address 2 GB of RAM (~3 GB with appropriate extensions). 64 bit systems are intrinsically no faster than 32 bit systems. For numerical work, 64 bits can carry more significant digits than can 32 bits. 
Kim N5OP
On Monday, October 20, 2014 2:22 PM, Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz at gmail.com> wrote:

I bought a new computer and have the choice of Windows 7 (32 or
64 bit) or Windows 8.
How does DXBase play with any of these ? I would like to install
Windows 8, but only if it works.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
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