Windows XP.... anyone going to keep on using it?

[Nigel-YZ1]

Our office has 2 utility machines on XP. Neither is used for surfing. No worries.
Windows still has more holes than a teabag, so security on XP is the least of my problems.

 

[young Ed]

I still like my xp. Always found it straightforward and obvious in use. Now Windows 8 .....couldn't even find the off button!

is a bit stupid that you have to 'lock' the computer to even see the off button!
Cheers Ed

 

[swee'pea99]

Most of our computers run on XP and will continue to do so. The end of 'support' doesn't seem massively significant to me. I could be proved wrong, but in the meantime, yeah - it ain't broke, so I've no plans to fix it.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

I started out on Acorn machines. My first job was in PCDOS on RM Nimbus. My next was in IBM Mainframe, Unix, MSDOS and VAX/VMS.
I didn't know what a GUI was until 1994!!

I don't know... these youngsters today... spoilt the lot of them... grrr... grumble...

 

[TheDoctor]

Win8 - don't get me started...

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Perhaps there will be one final 'security update' to XP that removes the Start button

 

[TheDoctor]

Perhaps there will be one final 'security update' to XP that removes the Start button

Yeah, Windows 8!

 

[slowmotion]

I'll stick with XP on my work and home PCs. I'm not fussed by security issues. When they get hit by a Nasty, I just re-install. The only reason to change OS would be if the replacement peripherals needed a later version. Does anybody know what it costs to go from XP to 7? More than junking the machine entirely?

 

[fossyant]

store photos on all of them as i have seen all too many people lose everything and i very almost did due to that same mistake
Cheers Ed

Backed up to a 2 GB NAS and the main PC has 3 HD's.

 

[fossyant]

I still like my xp. Always found it straightforward and obvious in use. Now Windows 8 .....couldn't even find the off button!

I had to google turning Win 8 off first night of owning a Win 8 laptop, via the ipad. With Win 8.1, if you right click on the Start button, you get some of the usual options, and a turn off.

 

[jamin100]

Was at a M$ conference on Wednesday and XP from development is actually 16 years old, so built on 16 year old technology so you can see why it needs replacing.

I don't think many companies will upgrade to windows 8 anytime soon and think that windows 7 will become the new XP and the one that M$ won't be able to kill off for years

 

[asterix]

No. Having my laptop struck by lightning was God's* way of telling me I should get Windows 7.

Was at a M$ conference on Wednesday and XP from development is actually 16 years old, so built on 16 year old technology so you can see why it needs replacing.

So have they replaced the Windows kernel that was DOS? I've a sneaking suspicion that chunks of it are still lurking around inside there somewhere.



* by which I mean Bill Gates of course.

 

[Steve Malkin]

If you're upgrading a 'traditional' desktop PC from Windows XP then my advice would be to go to Windows 7
Dont even consider Windows 8 on a desktop PC, it is an abomination.
Its ridiculous user interface might make some sense on touch screen tablets but with mouse and keyboard it's just a recipe for endless frustration.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

If you're upgrading a 'traditional' desktop PC from Windows XP then my advice would be to go to Windows 7
Dont even consider Windows 8 on a desktop PC, it is an abomination.
Its ridiculous user interface might make some sense on touch screen tablets but with mouse and keyboard it's just a recipe for endless frustration.

Yes, I've had a new PC with Windows 8 for several months, and I've configured it to boot straight to the Desktop, and hardly ever use the Start Screen, because it's just pointless on a desktop PC. It's USB 3.0 support is very buggy also, and I'm very uncharmed by the Charms Bar .

I'm hoping the next Windows version will be better.

 

[Steve Malkin]

I'm hoping the next Windows version will be better.

After forking out good money for Windows 8 it would take a full refund and a hand written letter of apology from Bill Gates himself before I buy another Windows license...