Old version of FTM

A friend has an old computer (Win95, FTM 3.02) and is about to upgrade
the hardware to a laptop with WinXP.

Will the old version of FTM run on the new device? I guess if the answer
is yes, then it will read the GEDCOM.

If not, I will give her an unused v8.

whayface...

For what the average person uses it for they do not need the latest and greatest version
of all the software out there. I use FTM version 11 and could not begin to tell you what
all is encluded in the program as is the case with most of the people I know that use it.
Kind of like MS Office. Most people use it for writing letters and such and do not need
to keep upgrading to get all the useless stuff they keep adding to the program just so
they can charge more!!

Paul Blair...

OK folks, thanks for the points of view. I know v8 will run on her new
XP, it's only a question of whether (or not) v8 will read the old data.
We'll give it a try.

whayface...

I agree on the difference between vers 3 and 8. When I said everyone did not need the
latest and greatest I was thinking more along the 2006 bersion I think it is called.

XP is/was only a pretty version of Win 2K...just to take up the
challenge! :-) And no, we don't all need the latest and greatest
software, especially as the genie companies now try to sell you 2 or 3
partial programs, instead of one competent package.