Posted on 12/16/2013 7:23:42 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Makes obvious prediction -- since it's calling the shots -- that ending support for XP will mean 'more systems will get compromised'
Computerworld - Microsoft today used the hoary practice of predicting next year to drive another nail into Windows XP's coffin.
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Boot Puppy from a CD and save all data to a flash drive?
Why not just keep available paid support for their greatest-ever operating system? I have a workstation that runs day and night processing tens of thousands of automation operations on dozens of databases and websites. It runs XP and has not been rebooted or even touched in 6 years. Never once had a blue screen even before that.
I’ve been noticing how many of the mom and pop grocery stores, gas stations, etc. in my area that are still using XP on their cash registers. Could be a nightmare to be a customer of a mom and pop stores next year.
Therein lies the problem. If it ain’t broke, we need to fix it. I still have one laptop that runs XP. Never had an issue with it. The other 2 are W7. Won’t do 8 or above if I can avoid it.
With a good firewall, updated resident AV, and safe surfing habits, I see no reason why XP should not be good for years to come.
Windows 8.1 is a good operating system.
If you’re still using XP, it’s time to upgrade.
Just saying...
Sounds like a scare tactic to get everyone to upgrade now!
Somewhere there’s somebody still clinging to DOS 6.22.
XP is sort of the small block Chevy of operating systems.
I still have my DOS 3.3 install diskettes around (5.25"). I'm not actually using the OS, however.
I’ve been moving all of my company computers to Apple.
For those few applications that require Windows, we use VMWare Fusion to run Windows on the Macs. It has a neat mode where the Windows applications look and run just like Mac apps. VMWare Fusion costs under $80 and is often on sale. We use old copies of XP from Windows machines that have passed onto the great beyond.
Windows security issues come from internet access and email, so those activities are done on the Mac side only. We have not had a single virus or malware issue on any of our Macs since we start moving to them five years ago.
We will use Windows XP until our vendors no longer support it, not when Microsoft tells us to.
I took an old laptop that had Vista on it and wiped it clean then installed Ubuntu. Runs like new!
None of my XP machines are hooked up to the internet.
Solution: Take XP machines off the net.
I have an old XP machine, I still run it. I don’t connect it any more.
One of my machines still uses win2k just fine. It’s just used as a recording studio with Sonar and Winamp for playback and rehearsal, so it doesn’t need much.
I run Win 7 on my internet-connected machine. It appears to be the ‘new XP’. It has one or two problems, but I expect after a few service packs, it will be the new Gold Standard.
What do you use an Ubuntu machine for? Games? MS Office? Surfing?
I tried it a couple of years ago and it was just too unique. No common software works on it as far as I know. Maybe I’m grossly ignorant on the subject, though.
I have 2 offline XP computers pushing a plotter. I don’t think the plotter co has drivers for anything past XP. Good thing Dells run for ever.
I switched to an iMac three years ago.
No problems.
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