[Dxbase] DXBase 2007 and Windows 8

Mon Oct 20 21:09:43 EDT 2014

OK, 8.1 it is.
Thanks for all the replies.
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Paul Smith <nd4x at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Windows 8.1 works fine. It is a free upgrade for all Windows 8 users.
>> Windows 8.1 is not just for touch environments. Used daily in a large
> corporate desktop user environment (mouse primary pointer device) with a
> very wide variety of applications.
>> Just don't put DXbase in the windows default directories unless you
> understand UAC. To keep it simple make a catch-all directory off the root
> of C: and call it something like "Ham-Radio". Then install DXbase or other
> apps in subdirectories in Ham-Radio.
>> Use 64 bit operating system for sure.
>> Either OS (7 or 8) will be great when compared to XP. 8.1 will position
> you for an easy migration to 10 (yep, no Windows 9) - but either will be
> fine.
>> Paul - ND4X
>>>> > Date: 2014年10月20日 12:48:19 -0700
> > From: cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net
> > To: dickw1ksz at gmail.com; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Dxbase] DXBase 2007 and Windows 8
> >
> > 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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