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gz



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

XP/Vista/7

how much do these cost?

gz



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Garmin says
windows 2000 or newer,32 MB ram, 2MBfree disk space, adobe acrobat reader software 6.0or newer

Nick



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gz wrote:
XP/Vista/7

how much do these cost?


Vista will cost you your soul. XP is pennies, I imagine, off eBay, if you can find it.

gz



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 11:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks

Now to learn how to use fleabay

gz



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

XP professional ?
Looks like all the ads are from Argos.....and we are going to town any minute....

Nick



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

gz wrote:
XP professional ?
Looks like all the ads are from Argos.....and we are going to town any minute....


Are they? Or are they from sellers who offer it through Argos? This does not mean it's at Argos. It probably means the seller has it, and can deliver it to your local Argos later.

gz



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 15 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

click and collect available through argos.....looks like the shop itself

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

xp is ok i; but is no longer updated by bill to protect it from the rogue software that is the interwebby version of poorly or robbed.

gz



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 12:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

bother
I need something reliable but not exorbitant

bagpuss



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Could you try running it in a windows emulator line wine

https://www.winehq.org/

gz



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

from the discussions i've read wine doesn't work too well with it.

I've just got to the pictures...not sure how many, but I'll get back to it later...via google plus...

still need windows for the garmin and camera

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 7:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Twenty quid buys you a working laptop with XP.

gz



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

where?!!

ed to add....am downloading photos from picasa, one by one...that way I get them individually as a jpeg,not a zip file that I can't open (yet...) only 800 to go.....

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 26, 15 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

eBay.

Search for windows XP

Eg. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Latitude-D610-14-1-Laptop-/281671448615?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4194ed3827

gz



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 15 11:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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