On Tue, 29 Nov 2016, Dan Youngquist wrote:

> On 11/29/2016 07:11 PM, Felmon Davis wrote:
>> so Linux offers decent drivers but quite possibly Microsoft and/or Asus
>> would not.
>
> Basically, yes.  The problem is that they keep coming out with new chips for
> all the internals.  (Ethernet?  Wifi? They've been making those with the
> same capabilities for how many years, why do they need a new chip?  But I
> digress.)  Then they don't bother making drivers for the new stuff for older
> versions of Windows.  If you really want Win7 and that machine, you could
> find out exactly what hardware it has and try to find drivers before buying.

guess the main things would be video and wifi (there's no ethernet). 
also guess I'm assuming usb, card reader, and whatever would be 
generic enough for Windows 7. I don't use touchpads.

seems like a real construction project.

> Or you could install Linux, and run Windoze in Virtualbox.

it's got an i7 and 8gb ram. never really fooled with VB.

oh well. love is a sometime thing.

f.

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Felmon Davis

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
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