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Stinky The Clown

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4. I "built" a new machine. So far it seems successful.

Reply to rocktivity (Reply #3)

Thu May 10, 2012, 11:26 PM

May 2012

The last machine was an upgrade from a 32 bit Vista install to Win 7. The whole thing got pretty screwed up.

The new machine is a clean 64 bit install. I have yet to install my own software, but the basic stuff works fine. The machine seems a lot faster and more "native" than the last machine, even when it was a fresh Vista under Parallels 5 then 6. I am told Win 7 is better, but that Parallels 7 is a big part of it, too.

Tomorrow or over the weekend I'll try getting my stuff installed. Fortunately, I use AutoCAD only very occasionally and then for only one specific task, and even that has a workaround.

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Upgrading to Win 7 in my Parallels machine. Some thoughts. [View all] Stinky The Clown May 2012 OP

The price for Lion is the first low cost OS in a while NV Whino May 2012 #1

I use vCAD on OS X, but for my own amusement; no idea if it's good enough for prime time REP May 2012 #2

Windows: Cheap hardware, expensive OS. Mac: expensive hardware, cheap OS. rocktivity May 2012 #3

I "built" a new machine. So far it seems successful. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #4