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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
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Posted - 2013.05.31 14:39:00 -
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Adela Talvanen wrote:Given the fact that Microsoft is dropping support for XP in April next year, that may shrink the XP user pool down to...
no. everyone who's still using XP by now is either highly resistant to progress or cannot afford to upgrade his system.
So, our beloved XP crowd will stay with us until their PC's break down.
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
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Posted - 2013.06.18 10:13:00 -
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De'Veldrin wrote:
Or they were happy they had an operating system that worked and did what they needed it to do without blowing up on them repeatedly.
Not everyone stays with an older machine due to lack of finances or a resistance to change. Some people just like **** that works when they need it to.
By now Windows XP is a horrible atrocity that should be put down to spare it further suffering.
I can understand why someone would still use it, in favour of old (probalby important) software that doesn't receive upgrades anymore or for lack of money or time or both.
I can even understand plain old laziness.
But the claim that Windows XP is still a good operating system is just plain ridiculous.
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
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Posted - 2013.06.18 11:33:00 -
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dexington wrote:Debora Tsung wrote:I can understand why someone would still use it, in favour of old (probalby important) software that doesn't receive upgrades anymore or for lack of money or time or both. Unlikely software written for Windows XP wont run on Windows 7 or 8, it can happen but it's very unlikely. You will not be able to run 16 bit application on any 64 bit system running windows, it not possible to truncate 64 bit registers below 32 bit, which means you can't run programs written for win 3.11 or dos.
That's what I said, didn't I?
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Debora Tsung
The Investment Bankers Guild
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Posted - 2013.06.19 07:54:00 -
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De'Veldrin wrote: Good is a subjective measure. If it does what they need and does it when they need it done, isn't that "good" enough?
It's not.
Windows XP has, and most probably always will be heavily critcised for it's security flaws and susceptibility to malware for as long as it still exists. And that will even increase once the support runs out in April 2014.
Just because Windows XP maintains some basic compatibility to downright ancient hadware or software, which never received upgrades for any of the newer Operating systems, it won't be a good operating System.
It has been good, in the past.
But not anymore.
Or in other words, just because some other **** stinks more Your own **** won't be less stinky or ******.
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