Comments on: XP Is Still Hanging On http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: julianignacio http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18638 julianignacio Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:55:25 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/#comment-18638 XP will be around for a long time here in Mexico. The license for Vista is so expensive that many of us won't be willing (or able) to pay for it. Me? I'm migrating to Ubuntu, thanks. XP will be around for a long time here in Mexico. The license for Vista is so expensive that many of us won’t be willing (or able) to pay for it.
Me? I’m migrating to Ubuntu, thanks.

]]> By: Randy http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18591 Randy Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:53:34 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/#comment-18591 I don't understand the angst against XP. The fact of the matter is that it works. Sometimes the latest and greatest isn't. I don't know much about Windows 7, but M$ has a bad history of being behind the curve. I think that they need to realize that sometimes, they should just stop. But, that doesn't always sell. Oh well, maybe 7 will be the XP to Millennia. Lord knows that Vista was a flop. That thing is heavier than the moon. I don’t understand the angst against XP. The fact of the matter is that it works. Sometimes the latest and greatest isn’t. I don’t know much about Windows 7, but M$ has a bad history of being behind the curve. I think that they need to realize that sometimes, they should just stop. But, that doesn’t always sell. Oh well, maybe 7 will be the XP to Millennia. Lord knows that Vista was a flop. That thing is heavier than the moon.

]]> By: Sharron Field http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/comment-page-1/#comment-18547 Sharron Field Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:53:57 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/xp-is-still-hanging-on/#comment-18547 "...It will be really slow..." Yes; extremely slow - I managed to run it on a P1 with 64MB RAM: 'Talk about sucky! What spoils it about 10-year-old computers is the AT power-supplies without ATX power control necessitate switching the damn thing off manually after XP has shut down. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX ) - But yes it's possible as you say. The thing about Windows 7 is that it will incorporate all the Vista hardware requirements as I understand it; so it won't be a decent option for those whose computers were built pre-2007 in reality. In this light it appears that XP won't be totally killed off until all the older computers have given up the ghost and gone to the great salvage-yard in the sky. That could mean that it could still be around until Microsoft finally withdraw all support for it; in 2014 if my memory serves me correctly. Even then there'll be a few using it, despite it becoming a security-risk at that point, I'll bet. “…It will be really slow…” Yes; extremely slow – I managed to run it on a P1 with 64MB RAM: ‘Talk about sucky!

What spoils it about 10-year-old computers is the AT power-supplies without ATX power control necessitate switching the damn thing off manually after XP has shut down. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX )

- But yes it’s possible as you say.

The thing about Windows 7 is that it will incorporate all the Vista hardware requirements as I understand it; so it won’t be a decent option for those whose computers were built pre-2007 in reality. In this light it appears that XP won’t be totally killed off until all the older computers have given up the ghost and gone to the great salvage-yard in the sky. That could mean that it could still be around until Microsoft finally withdraw all support for it; in 2014 if my memory serves me correctly. Even then there’ll be a few using it, despite it becoming a security-risk at that point, I’ll bet.

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