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We have an old saying. Don’t play badminton with Hong Kong night walkers without wearing a raincoat.
Windows 7 is just a newer better XP. Pony up the measly $299 and get yourself a newer faster computer. Putting XP on a new machine is like putting a 6 grand paint job on a rusty bucket Lincoln.
Even an ole coot like me gets it.
Trouble is, the MS bastiches don't want to sell you Win 7 any more. They want you to buy the Giant Suck Win 8.
Putting XP on a new machine is like putting a 6 grand paint job on a rusty bucket Lincoln.
Aye, you have the right of that. He could go with Ubuntu & a dual boot.