Using Windows XP? Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 Support Ends April 8, 2014

grim said:
I'm pretty sure his i5 and i7 laptops would've come with either Win 7 or 8 licenses so he isn't saving anything and he's just too lazy to learn the new interface that is far more efficient if you learn to use it properly.
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Not laptops - hand-built desktops. Like running a Ferrari ( not that i5s and i7s are Ferraris, but anyway ) on nitrous oxide rather than with snow-chains on the tyres and low-octane petrol in the tank as in Win8. The issues with Win8 relate not only to the stupid interface, but to all the untrusted logging-in and comms behind the scenes. Win7 is almost bearable, but has crappy file manager.
 
Space_Chief said:
Did he say these were laptops and not self built desktop systems?
You can get a refund on OEM licenses in some cases.
Some software/hw does not work with newer versions of Windows. He's saving money that way too.
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So where did he buy XP licenses for those desktops then, oh wait he's probably using a pirated copy then.
 
grim said:
So where did he buy XP licenses for those desktops then, oh wait he's probably using a pirated copy then.
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I have a Win XP license I bought in 2001 when XP first came out. It's transferable from PC to PC.
 
Space_Chief said:
Dude you'll be conveniently ignored. Don't you know you're an anti-progress dinosaur. You should trash your 60K worth of stuff, spend probably R120K on new stuff to do exactly the same thing but with new cool menus and slightly better energy management on your CPU. ;)
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Sorry boet... you don't know how this industry I work in, rolls.
The Windows 7 compatible options for one development tool I use, is so full of bugs... to be unusable. Unfortunately the tools bring money into the house...so XP stays.
 
Koosi said:
Sorry boet... you don't know how this industry I work in, rolls.
The Windows 7 compatible options for one development tool I use, is so full of bugs... to be unusable. Unfortunately the tools bring money into the house...so XP stays.
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OK, but I bet, even if the new tools were as error free as the old tools, but required a new investment in cash, you'd still want to keep what works. Right? You wouldn't upgrade just for the sake of "newer tech".
 
Space_Chief said:
OK, but I bet, even if the new tools were as error free as the old tools, but required a new investment in cash, you'd still want to keep what works. Right? You wouldn't upgrade just for the sake of "newer tech".
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Nope...
The new stuff, if the fools could get it right.. have great potential. I would buy new stuff, if the compatibility issues weren't there to infuriate me.
Because of their lack of commitment, I am rolling my own, and because I hate Microsoft, I am doing so for Linux.
 
Koosi said:
Nope...
The new stuff, if the fools could get it right.. have great potential. I would buy new stuff, if the compatibility issues weren't there to infuriate me.
Because of their lack of commitment, I am rolling my own, and because I hate Microsoft, I am doing so for Linux.
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Would you buy new stuff if the new stuff did the same thing as the old stuff, with the exception that it was now Windows 8 certified?
 
Space_Chief said:
Would you buy new stuff if the new stuff did the same thing as the old stuff, with the exception that it was now Windows 8 certified?
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Yes... but I don't like Windows 8 at all... so it would be Windows 7
 
Space_Chief said:
So you're saying an XP machine which can do everything at the same speed (and I mean exactly everything) that an Win 8/7 machine can do for most people, is akin to a Ford T which needed to be manually wound up to start, had a top speed of 45miles per hour and no safety features? A car which was so fundamentally different to anything built after World War II?

This makes no sense. I'm not saying MS should support Windows 3.0 on i286 computers with 1MB of RAM.
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M$ fanboys generally don't make sense.

Roger Moore said:
I have tried explaining to my friends and family why they need to upgrade and the problem is that their pc is too old and/or its too expensive to purchase a new operating system.......oh well
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You see, it's really easy. If it works they don't need to upgrade. If some parts are running unsatisfactory then you upgrade those if it would help. Until it no longer makes sense to upgrade individual components.
 
Garson007 said:
In what industry do you need PCs that only have 1GB of RAM and a Pentium 3?

I really would love to know. Because I'd love to start up a company that forces those out of competition.
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I work in the insurance industry in the UK. Brokers and insurers that use OS's that isn't supported can lose their UK FSA Licence, which allows them to operate. There are also stock exchange regulations that require that financial systems are on properly supported platforms.

I cant imagine any serious company in SA can still be using unsupported OS. Those that do, don't matter. Anycase, they are the ones who will be forking out large sums to consultants when the poo hits the fan and they have to upgrade or close down. Like really really quickly :D
 
zippy said:
I work in the insurance industry in the UK. Brokers and insurers that use OS's that isn't supported can lose their UK FSA Licence, which allows them to operate. There are also stock exchange regulations that require that financial systems are on properly supported platforms.
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That's nice of the UK government to worry so much about unsupported OS'es while giving slaps on wrists to brokers and financial institutions when those are manipulating the market and causing disasters. Good old UK government. Thank you. London should have its license revoked and no global banking should occur there, they can keep the strict OS regulations.

But your industry is not the end all and be all. There's a lot of 1GB machines around, some are very light ultra portables which work well and are better suited for travel and long haul usage than regular machines.

I cant imagine any serious company in SA can still be using unsupported OS. Those that do, don't matter. Anycase, they are the ones who will be forking out large sums to consultants when the poo hits the fan and they have to upgrade or close down. Like really really quickly :D
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Good that you're not an artist if your imagination is not so good. :)
 
OEM and DSP licenses aren't transferable
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So what if you keep one component? That's technically an upgrade. Will MS let a DSP license activate multiple times?
 
Swa said:
So what if you keep one component? That's technically an upgrade. Will MS let a DSP license activate multiple times?
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Last time I check you can change anything you want and keep the license except the motherboard

All MS licenses will activate automatically multiple times before requiring you to phone for an activation key and then eventually you will need to speak to person from MS to get an activation key
 
Walked into a Audi dealer yesterday. The sales staff were still using Windows XP.

If is works .... :p
 
Yup, Woolies still on XP pro.

Win 8 is CRAP. I'm posting this off Linux Mint 15 (Olivia, live).

Been an MS boy for 25 years, but they've lost the plot. Pity.
 
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