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Microsoft will discontinue support and updates for Windows XP in 2014.
So, how many of you are still Windows XP users like me and will you continue using XP forever?
Even after they stop updates?
Im not sure it is a good idea to stick to XP after they stop updates.
Maybe i will upgrade to Win 7.
I am still on Windows XP on my desktop and have no intention to switch to Windows 7 though I have a licensed copy of windows 7.
My Laptop does have windows 7 which came pre-installed. :)
Only one friend of mine upgraded from Vista to Win 7, all others use XP :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Avinash
Almost 10 years since XP was released, if i remember correctly it came out in 2001.
Well Av, If your not planning on using that copy of windows 7. I would be willing to take it off your hands for you :P
I have just put that license as reserved, so that may be some day I need to upgrade :)Quote:
Originally Posted by TeXaCo
Nice one from you Avinash!Quote:
Originally Posted by Avinash
I am using Windows XP Pro too,but when the updates stop I will switch over to windows 7 too.
That is still a long more than 4 years till 2014. So till 2014 you are sticking with XP? Perhaps I may stick to it till 2014 until something special happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by vivek
My dad uses an old HCL notebook with XP pro for his office work,.Quote:
Originally Posted by Avinash
Will probably dump the notebook and buy a Dell laptop in a couple of months, and i will order a DELL OEM version of Win 7.
I would still prefer using XP, as anything above it required new hardware..
MS stopping updates is going to be of no use, as even W7 & Vista are much more vulnerable than XP..& moreover XP is much more stable than W7/Vista
Another thing do u ever hear of any vulnerability in W98 or W2K? no..right as nobody bothers to exploit it, as MS won't care...
True, hackers wont be interested in obsolete software. But still there is a high risk in XP.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grr
Hackers are aware that majority of the PC users worldwide still use XP, they might take advantage of it and wreck havoc.
Have been switched to windows 7 from the day of its beta release.
Anyhow windows XP still runs on two VM's.
From my experience, windows 7 is better than XP and much better than Vista.
Well, All depends on what you do on your PC.Quote:
Originally Posted by kavin
I had to switch back to Windows XP after using Windows 7 till 2 months back. The reasons... we can talk about it in detail in may be some other thread.
Then why not start one?Quote:
Originally Posted by Avinash
Ok, Started a thread already. Check that out.Quote:
Originally Posted by ashwin
may be, but chances r less...i would still love 2 go back 2 W2K...:oQuote:
Originally Posted by ashwin
i am still using Windows XP and have no intention to switch to Windows 7 though I have a genuine windows 7.due 2 audio problem . can u help me?
just make a thread in hardware section or drivers sections :Cry:with as much details as possible about your problem. We would be able to help you then for sure.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by vinukondamahesh
Just installed 90 days windows 7 enterprise trial , will decide on my experience if all my previous applications work flawlessly on windows 7
I will still prefer Windows XP as it is the best OS.
Me! :hippie:Quote:
Originally Posted by ashwin
I've tried Win7 and it's nice... but I need a much more powerful box to run it on. With a Core2Duo E6300 (1.86 GHz) and 1.5 GB RAM I can be a very happy camper with XP Pro or a marginal user with Win7 and all it's prettiness and coolness.
I'm also seriously looking at Ubuntu... as long as I've got XP virtualized (see below).
Easy decision. So, yeah. I do plan on getting a Win7 box: at least 6 GB RAM, SATA III and USB 3.
But I'm also looking at holding onto XP via VirtualBox. I do have a XP Home license that originally came with my current box along with the XP Pro license I got when the box was refurbished.
So, hopefully I'll be able to sucessfully get the XP Home license installed on a virtual machine. (I'm sure I'll have to do phone activation with MS on that: I'm looking at the sticker on the side of my box as I type this.)
Now you can see why I want at least 6 GB before I'll consider Win7 => At least 1.5 GB for the base virtual machine. Then I can have various versions of the vhd with assorted soon-to-be legacy apps installed in them.
I even wrote a poem for an XP license competition.Alas, I didn't win :-_-:
Ode to XP
Like a comfortable armchair art thou to me
Though I never dreamed so attached to you I'd be.
I recall how small you used be when only 2.0,
The exciting possiblities I spied at 3.0,
How the whole world suddenly changed with 95 & 98,
And how Windows became the OS I loved to hate.
False starts, and blue-screen fits you used to throw.
Those ugly, embarassing phases like Bob and ME really used to blow.
And then finally, the promises, promises came true.
Windows XP: stable, sturdy and keen, my appreciation grew and grew.
Has it really been 9 long years? Are you really through?
Come on now, I didn't buy that Vista ballyhoo.
But I see the bright and shiny blossom of 7
That Redmond promises, promises to be OS heaven.
And in my future, there's a monstrous machine:
Quad cores, 16 GB RAM and more... with a really big screen.
And I'm told I really won't have to say goodbye
To you, Windows XP, my old friend and faithful ally.
They say, "Come take a close look inside.
In Virual PC will XP still reside."
Oh, how sweet, I think. But wait...
I feel like I've been set up for a blind date!
We all know the score, tis understandable too.
A ploy: big corps with legacy apps to comfort and subdue.
XP Mode? Good for them, but not really for hobbyists like me.
There's a great way to keep you around, and it's free!
Uncrippled and robust, I can keep you in a VirtualBox.
So many apps do I test and try, it's hard to pull up all the weeds.
But once a retail license's installed, I can have a vdh for each of my needs
While my base system remains clean and lean. What can I say but XP ROX!
And come Windows 7 or 8 or Ubuntu, Whoopee!
With me, will my virtualized XP Pro always be!
@Jelson, Was great to read your Poem and your Experience, opinion about XP.
Yes you are right in your opinion about XP, Ubuntu and Windows 7.
I am still on XP on my desktop which has got just 1 GB of RAM but windows 7 on my laptop with 4 GB of RAM. Ubuntu runs on VMware on both machines often.
@Jelson That poem is really good :clap2:
I am an XP user too.
XP Home edition OEM SP 3 :peace:
On underpowered netbooks XP is definitely a better choice. Also on my desktop(s) I am still an XP fan. All these extra features (well, most of them) which W7 has out over XP could easily have been implemented in XP as well, had Microsoft decided to do so.
[lang=pl]M$ nie po raz pierwszy określił końcową datę wsparcia dla Win XP. Wielu użytkowników XP ciągle ma nadzieję, że będzie jeszcze wiele takich dat ...
Teraz liczą się pieniądze - stąd te zmiany. Jeśli produkt jest "prawie" doskonały nie przynosi zysku ...:closed_2:
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I will update OS in 2014...
Just updated to W7 PRO..:pray2: