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Feb 12, 2010 6:16 PM UTC
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New laptop

I am looking at a new laptop. Most of the pc's im looking at are running windows 7. Can I dual boot the pc to windows xp to run pro and mastercam? I am running mastercam 7 and wf2.0.

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    JeffS.1-Visitor
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    Feb 12, 2010 7:24 PM UTC
    Terry,

    You can run both on Windows 7 OS. I would recommend to make sure to get
    the 32 bit version of Windows 7. The 64 bit version may give you more
    trouble, and unless you have more than 4Gb of RAM installed, there may not
    be a real benefit. I am running WildFire 2, 4, and 5 on a Dell laptop
    with Windows 7.

    But to answer your questions there are options to make the dual boot
    available. You might need to partition the hard drive to make it
    effective though.


    Regards,
    Jeff

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    bbmane1-Visitor
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    Mar 9, 2010 10:36 AM UTC



    In Reply to Jeff Schnellinger:

    Hello Jeff,

    Similar to Terry, I am also looking for new Laptops for Proe and Ansys.

    As per your opinon, Dell with W7 OS, can be compatible for Pro-E, but Ansys could be compatible with same configuration.

    I thankful you in advance for valuable suggestions

    Regards

    Balappa

    Terry,

    You can run both on Windows 7 OS. I would recommend to make sure to get
    the 32 bit version of Windows 7. The 64 bit version may give you more
    trouble, and unless you have more than 4Gb of RAM installed, there may not
    be a real benefit. I am running WildFire 2, 4, and 5 on a Dell laptop
    with Windows 7.

    But to answer your questions there are options to make the dual boot
    available. You might need to partition the hard drive to make it
    effective though.


    Regards,
    Jeff

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