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Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - Buzz - 07-18-2013
or move to Win 7 until M$ pulls that plug?
or bite bullet and spring for Win 8 box for necessary windoze tasks?
if running XP, will 3rd party security software be sufficient?
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Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - ztirffritz - 07-18-2013
Win7 is the sweetspot currently. XP is EoL. Win8 is DoA.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-18-2013
Second the Win7 suggestion.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - pRICE cUBE - 07-18-2013
We have been running one Windows 7 machine, much less of a pain than Vista. With how bad Windows 8 is, I wouldn't be surprised if they made XP go another few years.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - Buzz - 07-18-2013
PC- I was kinda wondering if XP is gonna get another reprieve...
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - samintx - 07-18-2013
pRICE cUBE wrote:
We have been running one Windows 7 machine, much less of a pain than Vista. With how bad Windows 8 is, I wouldn't be surprised if they made XP go another few years.
Having your appendix out without anesthesia would be less painful than VISTA! That OS was something else.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - pRICE cUBE - 07-18-2013
samintx wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
We have been running one Windows 7 machine, much less of a pain than Vista. With how bad Windows 8 is, I wouldn't be surprised if they made XP go another few years.
Having your appendix out without anesthesia would be less painful than VISTA! That OS was something else.
While Vista was clunky, it made much more sense than Windows 8.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - testcase - 07-19-2013
It should be as "safe" as it ever was.......8-)
I expect you'd have LOTS of company should you decide to keep XP limping along.
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - Chakravartin - 07-19-2013
ztirffritz wrote:
Win7 is the sweetspot currently. XP is EoL. Win8 is DoA.
By all accounts, Win8.1 is gonna be the new "Win7" !!
Re: Safe to run Win XP after M$ pulls plug next year? - N-OS X-tasy! - 07-19-2013
Win7 is the new Win7.