if it works on vista, it'll work on windows 7 - true?

GeX · 22 Jan 2010 at 12:03

Hi.

Currently run Vista ultimate 64 bit, just found out I can get win7 pro 64 free through university.

I code c# in visual studio 2008 and for the Android platform using Eclipse and the Android dev kit. These are all I NEED to have working on my pc - can I assume they will?

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jan 2010 at 12:09

I've used VS 2008 and Eclipse on 7 without issue, and yes the assumption usually holds

Souljacker · 22 Jan 2010 at 16:13

Yep. There's always compatibility mode as well, but I see no reason why any of those wouldn't work.

VS 08 and Eclipse both work - I know that for a fact.

theheyes · 22 Jan 2010 at 16:50

Some Vista software does not work on Windows 7, even in compatability mode. As Burnsy said the vast majority of things work but it's always worth checking if you can't risk it.

Aod · 22 Jan 2010 at 18:42

Souljacker said:
VS 08 and Eclipse both work - I know that for a fact.

seconded.

VS 2010 beta's also rather good. reccomended, infact.

MikeHunt79 · 22 Jan 2010 at 18:48

theheyes said:
Some Vista software does not work on Windows 7, even in compatability mode. As Burnsy said the vast majority of things work but it's always worth checking if you can't risk it.

Is there a list of W7 compatible software? I'm still using Logic Audio 5.51....

robinbredin · 22 Jan 2010 at 19:12

Hi.

Currently run Vista ultimate 64 bit, just found out I can get win7 pro 64 free through university.

I code c# in visual studio 2008 and for the Android platform using Eclipse and the Android dev kit. These are all I NEED to have working on my pc - can I assume they will?

I run Virtual XP from within Win 7, from there I run Eclipse for my Java.

theheyes · 23 Jan 2010 at 12:09

MikeHunt79 said:
Is there a list of W7 compatible software? I'm still using Logic Audio 5.51....

There is a massive excel spreadsheet from Microsoft you might want to have a look at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...2E-E39E-4278-AEBC-186F81E29173&displaylang=en

I couldn't find your Logic Audio software on it though.

Yewen · 23 Jan 2010 at 12:21

Yet to find any drivers that work in Vista not work in 7, some even work better in 7 than the OS they were designed for.

madcat · 23 Jan 2010 at 12:29

It is funny to find some driver doesn't work in windows 7. The only way to find out whether if those application work in windows 7 environment is to run vmware workstation and test it out!!

GeX · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:54

robinbredin said:
I run Virtual XP from within Win 7, from there I run Eclipse for my Java.

why do you do that?

Django x2 · 23 Jan 2010 at 15:00

I have endless problems with VS 2008 on W7 Ent x64. It tells me there's an update and then continually fails to install it. Apart from that, it's fine