Are you going to keep using windows XP?

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Microsoft has stopped rolling out updates for XP. As far as I know the updates only fixed security patches and very few stability improvements. According to Microsoft you will now be at risk of hackers and viruses. But my question is will you still use XP?



As for me ill continue using XP until my computer turns to dust. Security has never really bothered me as I don't have any sensitive data to protect. Not to mention that I have never relied on updates for security as I have a free anti virus for that. Not that it's likely I'll get a virus as I don't visit dodgy websites but in the unlucky event that I get a virus I don't need the best of the best cutting edge security suit to remove it. And I especially don't need Microsofts security patches.

But how about you?
 
I don't see any reason as to why the average consumer cannot continue using Windows XP, for the reasons you pretty much gave. Enterprises that still use it, however... they are stuffed.
 
pedruid said:
:confused:Where can you buy a LEGAL copy and how much?
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Just checked these distributors and they all sell Windows 7: Corex, Frontosa, Esquire and Rectron.

Frontosa even still sells Vista!
 
If you use XP for gaming, browsing and downloading movies, then its fine.

But once you start on-line banking/shopping then its a problem.
 
I ditched XP years ago for Vista 64-Bit when I upgrade my PC to 4GB RAM as XP 64-bit is utter shyte, currently on 8.1
 
Using XP on several machines and it will stay there for a while (machines controlling other machines).
 
k-4 said:
Microsoft has stopped rolling out updates for XP. As far as I know the updates only fixed security patches and very few stability improvements. According to Microsoft you will now be at risk of hackers and viruses. But my question is will you still use XP?



As for me ill continue using XP until my computer turns to dust. Security has never really bothered me as I don't have any sensitive data to protect. Not to mention that I have never relied on updates for security as I have a free anti virus for that. Not that it's likely I'll get a virus as I don't visit dodgy websites but in the unlucky event that I get a virus I don't need the best of the best cutting edge security suit to remove it. And I especially don't need Microsofts security patches.

But how about you?
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Don't take this the wrong way but most of your reasons are naive.
Antivirus, especially not free ones, don't patch security holes. There are other ways to get viruses and free anti viruses don't catch all types of malware, the ones that usually "steal" your passwords especially.

I myself haven't run XP in years.
 
Still using XP regularly at home on VMware - old games, programs, etc; my mom has her PC & laptop with XP (can't see her using Win 8 anytime soon - took her 6 years to get used to XP, so may "upgrade" to Win 7 with an XP skin if needed...)

Still waiting to see what my employer is going to do re this as very few work laptops have Win 7 - most still have XP...
 
I still use XP in virtual machines for software testing. XP has a very light footprint.
 
Please - I still have Tiger in use. Rock solid. My mother has XP on her home machine. Works just fine. I wonder if that machine of hers will take to a Win 7 upgrade - maybe I should try. But, she only browses some sites and checks her email so really, no need for me to get too concerned about it.
 
The answer is yes, for embedded development.
The development tools I use, meet MISRA certification, the newer versions that run on Windows 7, don't.
So I run dual-boot. Use KUbuntu for everything, boot into Windows to do work that earns the bacon.
I will keep it that way until the vendor stops being stupid and writes a decent C compiler that runs on Linux.
I am not going to touch any of the newer versions of Windows, I am sorry, they broke the USB implementation (the CDC class no longer works properly) and too many other things are so different it means re-writing stuff that has been certified and proven since Windows '98. I am also not interested in funding a company that doesn't listen to its customers.

XP also happens to be great for emulation... I am running Dolphin on it, and running Wii games at full HD upscaling in graphics, at 105% the framerate.
 
k-4 said:
Microsoft has stopped rolling out updates for XP. As far as I know the updates only fixed security patches and very few stability improvements. According to Microsoft you will now be at risk of hackers and viruses. But my question is will you still use XP?



As for me ill continue using XP until my computer turns to dust. Security has never really bothered me as I don't have any sensitive data to protect. Not to mention that I have never relied on updates for security as I have a free anti virus for that. Not that it's likely I'll get a virus as I don't visit dodgy websites but in the unlucky event that I get a virus I don't need the best of the best cutting edge security suit to remove it. And I especially don't need Microsofts security patches.

But how about you?
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Still have Xp using it for downloads i always update with patches and have AVG haven't had issues yet.
 
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