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(Unverified)Jun 18th 2009 3:51PM
I don't get why everybody is staying on it, I mean literally its the equivalent of running 3.1 when XP was released. Now I can understand organizations not wanting to switch, do to other organizations being lazy and pretending XP will be here forever. Remember when so many people had problems with their 98/ME software running in XP? Same scenario here and until consumers (both business and personal) start putting the pressures on their software distributors to start making software compatible with Vista and 7 instead of acting like the consumer just needs to stick with XP. XP's security is horrible. The only things that make it attractive to everyday consumers like some members of my family is that they started using computers when XP was the rage and now don't feel comfortable using Vista or 7. Others (like other family members) want to stay on it because it will literally run on anything and legacy hardware is it's speciality. I.E. they can go to goodwill and get Quicken 98 for 10 bucks (instead of breaking down and getting the new Quicken or whatever) and run it fine in XP where in Vista or 7 it won't even run.
LET GO OF LEGACY HARDWARE PEOPLE!!! IF YOU LIKE YOUR ZIP DRIVES AND 64MB Of MEMORY SO MUCH THEN MAKE IT YOUR HOBBY.
Other words: stop beating the dead horse that is XP.
SchwinnJun 18th 2009 4:01PM
XP security is horrible? You mean WINDOWS security is horrible. Going to Vista or 7 isn't going to fix that magically. Sure you have the UAC which does well to annoy people, but it's not any more secure unless the user actually reads and understands the prompt... which they normally don't.
Besides which, I have excellent security on XP. I have a good virus scanner and firewall (AVG/Comodo... both free) and have never had a virus infection on my machine. So, what's the benefit of this supposed "better security" for me?
As for "legacy" hardware... my old AthlonXP 1800+ with 384MB RAM is "legacy" according to you and the Vista/Win7 requirements, but it runs Mythbuntu just fine, which is a heavier load than regular desktop duty (when viewing/recording video).
And what's all that upgraded hardware and Vista/7 get me, anyway? Pretty windows? Yay. Not.
I stick to XP because it works well, is stable, does everything I need it to do, and does it faster than Vista. So, instead of complaining about people on "legacy hardware"... why don't you tell me why I should bother to switch anyway?
(Unverified)Jun 18th 2009 4:27PM
It'd be closer to staying on 3.1 when 98 was released, actually. Still a pretty big difference between the two, in any case.
(Unverified)Jun 19th 2009 7:11AM
Well honestly, if you actually used your computer to make money (by developing on it) instead of talking shit on a web post then you might have a need for better hardware and a faster operating system (which obviously you don't, it doesn't really take any kind of special hardware to browse the internet and talk shit because you like XP and my post rubbed you the wrong way, which would account for why you are trying to bash on the fact that I *personally* hate XP).
Try compiling a .NET package on mythbuntu. Won't work because Mythbuntu won't have the runtime compilers. Or try writing .bat scripts to automate some of what your customers do. Won't happen because Linux doesn't support batch and you don't have any customers. If WINDOWS overall is so horrible why are you running XP at all? One of the oldest Operating System still being sold (besides Unix)?
You Schwinn sound like one of those fanboys that will hate any OS after XP either way, just because its semi-forcing you to buy new hardware (Windows 7 will bring almost ANY P.O.S. back to life, even yours! for the point).
Go back to playing your WoW little one...