windows xp info

Reply #15

Epistrophy — Thu, 24 Apr 2014 06:32:20 GMT

I bought a laptop for my wife that had Win8 on it and I was amazed at how poorly designed it was.

And I've been a Microsoft whatever-you-want-to-call-it:

1) Standard user

2) Adopter

3) IT Director

I've been all of those, in that order.

Bottomline:

Win 8 is by far the worst OS (Operating System) that Microsoft ever released, and I'm going back to the original versions of DOS. I've never seen so much antipathy, and with good reason.

Anyway...come on, Microsoft, hurry up wit... [ More ]

Reply #14

MillionsWanted — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:54:11 GMT

You should be able to get most of the XP programs to work on Linux under Wine(Windows Emulator). Not sure about Windows 7 programs though.

Reply #13

pick4hawk — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:05:06 GMT

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions. Basically, I don't like the fact we must pay continually for any OS. Also MS is controlling all companies by not allowing them to make drivers for other OS. They don't want anybody to compete with them. Hence then they remain the only option.

Adventually people who watch every dollar will rise up and say good bye to MS.

There is a lot of people still using xp because there is nothing else that will work with old laptops. Win7 does not work on a p3... [ More ]

Reply #12

MonEl — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 06:33:10 GMT

I used Win98SE and for some years now I have and am still using Windows XP.

There still are hundreds of WinXP freeware programs out there for download.

I don't know what can be done with Windows 7 or 8 that can't be done with WinXP, but I think that maybe for the most part is the software together with the hardware that does the job and not so much the operating systems.

Also, some softwares such as some lottery softwares only work on some older operating systems like WinXP and Win98SE.... [ More ]

Reply #11

ttech10 — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:21:47 GMT

I typically suggest Linux Mint. Has more of a Windows look and I think it just looks better than Ubuntu. It also has different versions for minimal spec'd computers.

My mom switched to it after being a user of XP and then 7 and didn't have much issue, though she didn't really use any programs so it was easier to switch for her.

Reply #10

mediabrat — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 05:07:28 GMT

Say what you want about XP, but for the most part, it plain old WORKED. For many years, the thought was, why upgrade if I don't have to? Sure, it's old technology by now, but it's a workhorse.

Right now I've got my laptop in a dual-boot configuration with XP and Linux Mint. I'm finding that I can do most everything in Linux, which doesn't come as much of a surprise. The only reason I have to boot into Windows at present is to update my podcast subscriptions in iTunes and sync that with my iPh... [ More ]

Reply #9

Jon D — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:49:31 GMT

You don't have to quit MSFT cold turkey, you can dual boot to try other operating systems. I've been doing that for many years.

Just partition your drive with a section to try out Linux, or you can use one of those Live Linux discs just to try it.

I have a couple of systems running multi-boot with Windows XP, Windows 7 and Fedora Linux, and a laptop with dual boot Vista/Ubuntu. They serve all my needs and have no reason to upgrade. But lately, I rarely boot into XP anymore, only a few prog... [ More ]

Reply #8

jimmy4164 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 10:55:46 GMT

Rather than getting outdated, this one keeps getting improved, and the updates are FREE!

http://www.ubuntu.com

Reply #7

LottoMetro — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:06:59 GMT

If you really don't want Microsoft, look into Ubuntu (desktop version). It's a pretty decent flavor of Linux.

Personally, I think Windows 7 is great, much better than XP. I installed it on my old 2003 Gateway and it ran without problem.

Since then I've got a newer computer and don't think Windows 8.1 is all that bad. Just takes awhile to get used to.

Reply #6

markp1950 — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:44:10 GMT

2/17/2000 Windows free forever

Reply #5

RJOh — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 02:39:42 GMT

A while back I saw Best Buy was selling computers with Linux operating system and I saw one with the Anoird(google operation system) for sale. With Windows being used by our government to corrupt foreign control systems like Iran nuclear plants, you would think other countries would develop their own processors and operating systems and complete with US manufacturers. I guess nobody want the expense of reinventing the wheel and would rather put up with what has already been done.

If another c... [ More ]

Reply #4

pick4hawk — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 23:28:23 GMT

I'm just generally tired of microsoft. I asked a laptop computer manufacure to intstall linux. And they said they are not allowed to because they are a microsoft distributor. Microsoft says no and they can not do so. I asked a about a driver for a usb device and got the same responce.

It seems that mirosoft is king and intends to remain so.

I believe that people will start to wake up--and realize that with the price of everthing going up, that paying again and again for an operating syste... [ More ]

Reply #3

Stack47 — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:41:29 GMT

, but XP was probably the most popular of any Windows operating systems and many people replaced Vista and Windows 7 with XP when purchasing new computers.

Reply #2

ThatScaryChick — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:36:37 GMT

Windows XP is an outdated system though. You don't have to get the newest verison but at some point the old versions have to be put out to pasture. I have Windows 7 and like it. I haven't felt the need to use Windows 8 yet.

Although, I do have XP on one of my computers because it's comfortable to use, I can understand that at some point that a company will quit updating something that is outdated. I mean it came out in 2001.

Reply #1

RJOh — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:30:02 GMT

What happened to live with in your means.

Living within your means may mean going back to using paper and pencil. Going paperless was supposed to save money.

windows xp info

pick4hawk — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:18:29 GMT

I just wanted to say that equipment providers like dell ect are going to stop providing drivers for xp.

They wont be providing access to old files to down load for reinstall purposes mirosoft wants to force all users to by new equipment.

I am looking into using free operating systems like liniux ect.

There are a lot of single processor computer users out there still. They normally really can only run windows xp.

I wonder if people will ever get sick off paying over and over for new w... [ More ]