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On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 12:19 +0000, Simon Waters wrote: > On 09/02/13 12:04, Neil Stone wrote: > > > > XP can see and use loads of ram. Just depends on the hardware and if > > it's 32 or 64 bit XP. > > Although if it is a virtualized 32bit version it'd be interesting to see > if there is any difference between 3.5GB and 4GB ;) > > My take is that it is a user problem, and the best solution is probably > to make the transition as painless as possible, rather that avoid the > transition all together. > Yes he has Parkinsons and can take several days to do just one Email and has had the smae desktop for 12 years now. > Time to stick KDE4 XP theme on a box to show him what it looks like. > > Fortran at the command line shouldn't be a problem..... But which > Fortran compiler does he use? > Not sure but I hope to match it with a linux one soon. > I doubt OpenOffice will scare Word 6 users too much. He has his macros which he hasn't got on very well with in OO > > Or possibly time to do the Microsoft thing with Windows XP and end > mainstream support ;) > I feel he may tinker with the Linux desktop and as he wont break it as much as the XP, we may well move on here. -- ________________________________________________________________________ Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) Skype minions_shop www.minionsbandb.co.uk www.tearooms.minionsbandb.co.uk FaceBook Minions_shop Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq