XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.windows7.general, microsoft.   
   ublic.windowsxp.general   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 06:53:03 -0500, Paul    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 11/17/2023 8:02 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >> Someone stole my laptop computer, and I'm beginning to be concerned   
   >> that it may be irreplaceable.   
      
      
      
   >> Do today's third-party emulators work as well as the OS/2 ones, or do   
   >> they have hidden disadvantages? Is there anyone here who has had   
   >> experience of using them who would be willing to answer a few   
   >> questions?   
   >   
   >Based on my experience, I would recommend you put the extra work   
   >into finding just the right laptop setup.   
   >   
   >While VMs are fun, you sound like someone who actually   
   >needs this stuff to work. You would be much more productive   
   >without the VM.   
      
      
      
   >Summary: I don't think you need a new hobby, you need something that   
   >         works, and that is physical hardware with Win7 on it.   
   >         Skylake is the last processor that officially supports Win7.   
   >         I don't really know how "close" the later processors get to working.   
   >   
   >         The W10 x32 might work, but then, it would be W10.   
   >         Refurbs might have W10 x64, but you could download a W10 x32   
   >         and do a clean install of that (write down the key you find in   
   >         the x64, as the same key will install x32 or x64). If you were   
   >         going to do that, download the W10 x32 ISO first, so you can be   
   >         assured of having media for the job.   
      
   Thanks very much for that -- best advice I've seen so far.   
      
   I'll print it out, show it to my local computer shop, and ask if he   
   can give me a quote for replacement, including a new copy of an O/S   
   for a Virtual Machine it a replacement for the original can't be got,   
   and pass it on to the insurance, but it may prove that the old machine   
   is irreplaceable, which has some very nasty implications for all the   
   people who have been advocating the digitisation of archival records   
   and destruction of the originals to save space.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
   Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
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