Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Tue Aug 20 01:09:10 CDT 2013
A lot depends on how the workstations are used.
If the only thing they are doing is running te purchasedf applications and your in house
developed Access applications, it won't really matter.
If they are used for internet access and/or email then te laco of updates is a concern. As it is
if people are sticking USB sticks etc in them.
The vast majority are migrating to Win 7.
How well the machines work under a newer OS depends on the current configuration of the
machines, especially RAM.
Here's MS's minimum requirements for Win 7
1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
and for WIn 8 it is much the same:
Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2 (more info)
RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)
Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver
Access 2007 is fine with either WIn 7 or WIn 8. (As is Access 2003)
--
Stuart
On 19 Aug 2013 at 14:07, Brad Marks wrote:
> All,
>
> I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees)
> with a very limited IT budget.
>
> Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3). There
> are two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007
> applications.
>
> It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including
> security updates) for XP in April of 2014.
>
> My background is primarily in application development and database
> administration. In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for
> "Operating System issues".
>
> I have some dumb questions.
>
> How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next
> April?
>
> What are most firms migrating to? Win-7? Win-8?
>
> I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than
> XP and neither will run very well on older PCs. True?
>
> Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8?
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
> --
> AccessD mailing list
> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd
> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com
>