Oh no! oh no! oh nooo! (RIP WinXP...or not?)

Onkel Neal · 01-29-14, 12:14 PM

Microsoft is about to take Windows XP off life support

Jimbuna · 01-29-14, 12:24 PM

Didn't we address that here?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...21#post2164921

Herr-Berbunch · 01-29-14, 12:55 PM

Should run a poll, see who is on what. Just for fun info.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-29-14, 01:06 PM

All work computers are on Windows 7. All home computers are on Windows XP. The home ones are in need of an upgrade sometime this year, I'll most likely
switch to 7 then, it is good until 2020

Buddahaid · 01-29-14, 01:08 PM

I still run it on two home systems and my work laptop still runs it. I'm using Win7 on my main home PC but this is terrible news. I suppose Win7 will follow in short order as this is about the evil cloud and speaks to the end of local control.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-29-14, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I still run it on two home systems and my work laptop still runs it. I'm using Win7 on my main home PC but this is terrible news. I suppose Win7 will follow in short order as this is about the evil cloud and speaks to the end of local control.

Win 7 is good until 2020.

Buddahaid · 01-29-14, 01:15 PM

Too soon for me still.

Sailor Steve · 01-29-14, 01:21 PM

I suppose I could try to upgrade my computer to something newer, but even if it worked it's a lot of money to spend on a machine I'm trying to replace anyway.

ReallyDedPoet · 01-29-14, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

In the naval sense?...even at :subsim

The lesser of two weevils : )

Onkel Neal · 04-09-14, 09:05 AM

Hello from the Bunker of Old Operating Systems

. Day 1 of Post XP, the apocalypse has begun...

Quote:

Microsoft had to rush out Windows 7 in 2009 ahead of schedule to cover up the image of Vista. Windows 7 backed off on many of the fanciful characteristics of Vista, which calmed down the complainers. Windows 7 was no better than Vista; in fact, I think it is worse. But no matter because three years later we ended up with Windows 8, a real fiasco for the desktop users.

Meanwhile, there are those aforementioned one-half billion users still running Windows XP and Microsoft is clueless has to why this is.

AVGWarhawk · 04-09-14, 09:58 AM

I use Vista at home and 7 at work. I see no difference in navigating and performance. Currently Vista is getting clipped with a few items. I can not upgrade my browser to IE10. Looks like MS Essentials is getting a bit of clipping as well. It is a clever way to force the consumer into the next OS which of course costs $$. It is like a buying a car and mechanics will no longer work on it after 5 years. Once it breaks you are into a new car.

the_tyrant · 04-09-14, 01:10 PM

Well have fun in retirement XP!

Its been 13 years guys, let it go.

the_tyrant · 04-09-14, 01:11 PM

Have fun in retirement!

Let it go guys, XP deserves its retirement. Its been 13 years, time to let go

Sailor Steve · 04-09-14, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

Have fun in retirement!

Let it go guys, XP deserves its retirement. Its been 13 years, time to let go

Are you offering to buy me the new computer I'd need to run something else?

No?

"Let it go" is a find order for someone who can afford it. I can't.

the_tyrant · 04-09-14, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Are you offering to buy me the new computer I'd need to run something else?

No?

"Let it go" is a find order for someone who can afford it. I can't.

Your computer won't magically stop working.

Come on, honestly, XP had 13 years of support. This is probably the longest any technology product ever (without counting paid support). Apple only updates their old OSs for 2 years, and many android phones don't get a single update after release.

01-29-14, 12:14 PM	#1
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Oh no! oh no! oh nooo! (RIP WinXP...or not?) Microsoft is about to take Windows XP off life support __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-29-14, 12:24 PM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Didn't we address that here? http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...21#post2164921 __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Should run a poll, see who is on what. Just for fun info. __________________

01-29-14, 01:06 PM	#4
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,885 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	All work computers are on Windows 7. All home computers are on Windows XP. The home ones are in need of an upgrade sometime this year, I'll most likely switch to 7 then, it is good until 2020 __________________ Back in the Day

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I still run it on two home systems and my work laptop still runs it. I'm using Win7 on my main home PC but this is terrible news. I suppose Win7 will follow in short order as this is about the evil cloud and speaks to the end of local control. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-29-14, 01:15 PM	#7
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Too soon for me still. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-29-14, 01:21 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I suppose I could try to upgrade my computer to something newer, but even if it worked it's a lot of money to spend on a machine I'm trying to replace anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

04-09-14, 09:58 AM	#11
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,254 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I use Vista at home and 7 at work. I see no difference in navigating and performance. Currently Vista is getting clipped with a few items. I can not upgrade my browser to IE10. Looks like MS Essentials is getting a bit of clipping as well. It is a clever way to force the consumer into the next OS which of course costs $$. It is like a buying a car and mechanics will no longer work on it after 5 years. Once it breaks you are into a new car. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

04-09-14, 01:10 PM	#12
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Well have fun in retirement XP! Its been 13 years guys, let it go. __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us

04-09-14, 01:11 PM	#13
the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	Have fun in retirement! Let it go guys, XP deserves its retirement. Its been 13 years, time to let go __________________ My own open source project on Sourceforge OTP.net KGB grade encryption for the rest of us