XP Motherboard

[ld13]

As per the thread title I am looking for a motherboard. The catch being that it needs to be available in retail (aka new) with driver support for XP...

Tall order, I know. A friend runs an old 16 bit application at work and it would be nice if he can get himself an extra PC at home that is still able to run this app for when he wants to mess around with it.

The current solution with windows xp mode running within windows 7 is not as nice as I want it to be. You first need to boot into windows 7 before you can boot xp before you can boot the app. Thats cumbersome and slow. Anything that would allow for a 16 it app to still run with full network/printer access is something I am willing to look at. A new computer with a motherboard that has XP driver support is first prize here imo. Budget is an issue since he will be paying for this out of his own pocket. Is hard core virtualisation an option?

I am open to suggestions.

 

[Surv0]

Surely something like Oracle VM would make this fairly easy? No additional hardware required..

 

[ld13]

Surely something like Oracle VM would make this fairly easy? No additional hardware required..

I have never used any virtual type of software beyond virtual PC and the mentioned XP mode - would oracle allow me to boot straight into an XP environment?

We are buying him a new PC in any case, so we have the opportunity to buy the correct stuff if needed.

 

[dualmeister]

What is the budget?

 

[ld13]

What is the budget?

Like R7000 ish? Got a screen already.

 

[Lord Farquart]

How about an old XP machine?

 

[ld13]

How about an old XP machine?

Easiest option yes. But possible hardware failure is something that I would like to write out of the equation.

 

[nelis]

You will not find anything new that comes with windows xp drivers. you either need to run it in virtualize environment or upgrade the app to work in newer windows.

 

[ld13]

You will not find anything new that comes with windows xp drivers. you either need to run it in virtualize environment or upgrade the app to work in newer windows.

That seems to be the recurring theme yes.

 

[Lord Farquart]

Easiest option yes. But possible hardware failure is something that I would like to write out of the equation.

Think I have a Dell laptop and desktop at home running XP.

 

[Surv0]

Is it completely necessary to boot into XP? Oracle works quite well in a window, can full screen it.

I think you can create a bootable option but have never tried it myself, shell works great. Its quite easy to setup, ton of instructions online.