Do you need to have both Windows XP and Windows 7 on your Yacht PC or Laptop?

4. December 2009 by admin.

*I’m* an APP for that…

I’ve been working on a newer PC for a yacht. I’ve also been working on educating myself up-to-date with Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) - and I already have had Vista for quite some time. And I also now have Vista 64-bit. 64-bit operating systems are starting to already appear on new PC’s in stores. Some people may be getting them and not even realizing they just got a 64-bit computer instead of a 32-bit one. 64-bit is, as Howard Hughes said (in the movie “Aviator”), The way of the future… The way of the future… Ask google.com why 64-bit is better. Check out: http://www.gadgetted.com/?p=2394 as well.

So why do you care? Well I wanted this particular yacht to have the capability to run the new Windows 7 because it’s very nice. In install tests on newer hardware that baby is finding 97% or better of the hardware out-of-the-box. Which means I’m installing it and I have to do very little - if any - chasing down of hardware driver software. I’m also finding that it runs a lot of things, that you wouldn’t think it would run.

But I’m on a yacht, you say… I’ve got to run certain stuff that will only run on Windows XP. Well, like I said … I’m an APP for that. That’s the whole point of this article. NOW I would NOT recommend that you do this with your Navigation PC. But for other entertainment and backup Nobeltec PC (or laptop) and such this is definately a viable option.

What’s that? Yes, you can run “dual boot” which means you get a choice of Windows XP or Windows 7 and boot time. One of them is the default and after the clock of around 30 seconds runs out, that one will boot anyway. On the PC I’m doing for a yacht I switched the default so that Windows XP normally boots by default. But there is that nice little choice of being able to boot into Windows 7 as well. Newer software, and even some older software will knock right into Windows 7 and run just fine.

So if anyone needs this kind of service… this kind of magic… on a yacht - then give me a call. I can also get very good pricing on Windows XP Pro, Vista, and Windows 7. I know not too many people are going to be fighting to get Windows Vista. But you really ought to have a look at the new Windows 7!!!!

Thanks!

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Alan Spicer

Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net

communications (at) marinetelecom.net

+1 954-683-3426

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