Emphatically disagree that XP is a "crippled" OS. It was working fine for me except for the driver issue.
Win 10... NEVER!!
Tech ping.
As it does THIS one. XP works just fine for me............................
It is not secure. Plus subsequent versions actually handle memory a little better.
I recently walked out of the mens room at an Ohio Turnpike rest stop. There was a flat screen TV pointed at me showing ads and local weather conditions.
Suddenly it went to the Blue Screen of Death. As I stood there a cursor appeared and started moving around the screen. It rebooted and we saw the signature Microsoft logo and the reboot chime.
Then the logo for Windows XP popped-up. Along with a half-dozen nasty looking warnings that “This Operating System is No Longer Supported” and “Your Computer is At Risk!”
The cursor blithely clicked out of all of them and the weather forecast returned.
Obviously the Ohio Turnpike Commission is still running XP.
I thought XP was a great system.
I am using Windows 7 now. I don’t like to fall too far behind. Support and programs designed for new features make it had to stick with the Windows XP forever.
Windows 8, what a mess!
Absolutely! Windows 10 (which I tried for a few minutes, on someone else’s computer) is a disaster, comparable to Windows 8 (i.e. an iPad/iPhone-wannabe-system, but without the smooth performance). Windows XP was the only OS which I could actually feel comfortable customizing...
If MS really wanted users to keep changing, they would make sure drivers were there for older hardware and not require wholesale equipment changes. Why the hell should I dump my laptop because IBM does not make a driver for 7 for the chipset it uses.
They dont sell XP anymore? I was going to upgrade from windows 95 as soon as I found a set of XP floppy disks.
You can pirate it in 4 minutes.
Poor people in China and eastern Europe can have it.
Been on Win 10 and could not imagine using XP even out of nostalgia.
Linux Mint
What the hell is so crippled about it? Any proof to backup that claim? Didn't think so.
I use it all the time. just not for any online activities. I use Linux for that. But XP in my house isn't anywhere near crippled. Works like a charm and will continue to do so.
Win 10... NEVER!!
I believe the enterprise edition of XP is supported by MS until 2019 and that support can even be extended. We still have several devices running XP that are fully supported.
I have to wonder about a side business for code writers that would write code for old equipment for new machines. I have a very expensive video card for 4 monitors with the last driver written for XP. I have tried to install it in comparability mode, but to no avail. I’ve even tried to back up to Vista after hearing that someone got the driver to work with it. No dice. It just irks me to have a perfectly good video card that I paid big bucks for sitting on a shelf and no where to put it. I even went back to XP in desperation, but found all the usual problems of not having a browser new enough to surf and Chrome even refusing to even open and certainly no Java. If there were a code monkey out there that had the skills to write a driver for win 7 for this card I might even be willing to pay, but he would most likely want a fortune for writing a one off. But there are so many more, like the stack of scanners that have a win 2000 driver or even win98. Nothing wrong with them, still work, but I had to move on and stack them in the junk room. I even recently tried Linux Mint to see if it would load up the video card, but alas, no joy.Of course if it did, I wouldn’t even know how to upgrade a browser with a tar ball. If Linux would just write their code with .exe and .com files, they could take over the world.
I still have a computer running XP. It’s my favorite OS. After six years of Win7 I still prefer XP.
Win 10 is Big Brother and Bit Bother squared.
XP runs just fine on my home desktop. This system is used mainly for streaming movies, TV shows and music.
No problems whatsoever.
Win 10... NEVER!!
LOL download the win 10 enterprise 90 day trial and try ,you’re missing out big time
I loved my XP. computer. It burned out and I had to buy Vista,,,Thank heavens that one would not turn on one day and I promptly bought a windows 7...still going well..Liked it a lot. Keeping it to travel with.
A week ago I got a new larger laptop with 10 and after a few days of making it like my own, grudgingly like it better...
I am now going to upgrade my 7 to 10.
Patience paid off. Old dog can learn new tricks.
So if Microshaft officially believes in a thing it's not crippled, but they can cripple it by withholding the royal blessing??? Bullcrap. "Crippled" is what works poorly or to advance the interests of someone other than the customer, you know, like WX.
At the risk of being branded a heretic, I actually like Win 10.