One of my concerns of switching to Windows 7 was application compatibility - would my apps and hardware work?  Previously when I checked I had some concerns – especially with my Palm Centro – which didn’t have Windows 7 drivers.

When my desktop broke I was pretty much forced down the Windows 7 path (as most computers today come with it) – also knowing that I needed to understand it.  Many of the hardware concerns had gone away – as it was a new computer and I had a Palm Pre.

I was still concerned about my software – but I had an XP laptop to use for the most part (I use my desktop as more a server than as a PC) to use.  To my pleasant surprise almost all my software – Pinnacle Studio, Dreamweaver, etc. – installed and works.  I wasn’t expecting this – I was only down to one program that really wouldn’t install – Adobe Photoshop Elements.  Probably because I was using Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 – which is kinda old.

So overall I’ve been very impressed with how backward compatible Windows 7 is – in that it just works.   It has some compatibility modes also – which gives you even more options.  Again, Microsoft really did a good job on this one…

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