So you're staying with XP are you?

[longam]

I just wonder if MS is devoting more time to other projects now and this rating system will effect XP more in the future of updates..

Microsoft late last week said it won't patch Windows XP for a pair of bugs it quashed Sept. 8 in Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/artic...hes_for_you_XP

[Arclight]

No surprise, with MS dropping support for XP in the near future. I'm sure I have some e-mails from MS detailing when exactly, but it's not like I can find what I'm looking for.

[Elder-Pirate]

I intend to just step from my XP straight to Win 7 ( after replacing orig. hardware ). Am at present running XP with a 6 year old ASUS mb and 3 gigs ram. Have new ASUS M3N78 PRO PCIe mb, 4 GB ram, 680 watt PCIe PS, AMD 9500 Phenom X4 64 processor, GF 9600 OCE 512mb PCIe ready to transfer to full tower ( Alienware ) that I'm now using. also might as well replace all five external fans ( three intake, two exhaust. ) But I'll be Damned if I'll ever use Vista.

Now if somewhere along the line Ole Uncle Bill screws up Win 7, kicks out Xp and forces Vista ( be just like him ), then I know of a couple buyers. There are other things in life other than a computer.

[Shearwater]

Originally Posted by Elder-Pirate

I intend to just step from my XP straight to Win 7 ( after replacing orig. hardware ).

Same here. I'm currently running XP on a partly broken notebook and am going to replace it - though all the new ones have Vista installed by default
Vista is a real mess - I know it from my housemates, colleagues, my dad, and whatnot. First thing I'm going to do with the new notebook is to de-install Vista, install XP and have it replaced by Windows 7 as soon as it hits the shelves (or the upgrade option takes effect, that is). Vista has been an utter failure in my eyes

[Reece]

There are other things in life other than a computer.

Is that possible, give example!!

[Elder-Pirate]

Originally Posted by Reece

Is that possible, give example!!

Yes there are other things in life other than a computer.
I can sit in my chair and relax, I can walk to the store, park,woods,etc.
I can eat my food with out the use of a computer. I can walk/ride a bike to the lake/river and pick a spot by myself and fish and never need the use of a computer. I do not need the use of a computer to eat my foods.

Just a very few examples in life of where a computer is not needed even though somewhere down the path they were some how mfg by a computer but I did not need it's use at the time.

Some of you people really need to get out from eyeballing that PC/Laptop and relax. There's a whole world out there that does not require the use of a computer.

Yeah I know, some of you reading this probably think: What, and leave my cellphone behind???

Meanwhile as I said in my first post:
"Now if somewhere along the line Ole Uncle Bill screws up Win 7, kicks out Xp and forces Vista ( be just like him ), then I know of a couple buyers."

And that's exactly what I meant.