There will plenty of problems when you want to use "ANY" new programs which BTW have advanced past the stuff that was made for XP by a long shot. You will only be using very old programs as everything has moved or moving quickly to 64 bit and at least quad core processors to power them.
I still have 2 old XP service pack # machines running one an email server and the other for my weather station. The other 6 are all Win7 machines desktops and 2 laptops except for my iPad's and iPhones they run other OS's. There are new logging programs that can do so many things now that take advantage of more processing power. Fred/N0AZZ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Christ Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XP Depends on what your needs are and the environment. We are still using laptops running 2000 pro for logging at field day. Work great. One problem with perpetual licenses is that they create no ongoing cash flow. To get more money you need people to buy new product. Thus it makes business sense to obsolete the old stuff as soon as you can without angering the customer base. Some of us drive 20 year old cars around town. As long as they do what is needed there is no need to buy new no matter how much the dealers try to convince us that our image is damaged by the rust spots and holes. David K0LUM On Nov 26, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Phil LaMarche wrote: > Windows XP countdown clock ticks under 500 days > > Retirement deadline for Microsoft's longest-lived OS is 'ticking time bomb,' > says migration firm > > > > > > Philip LaMarche > > > > > > 727-944-3226 > > 727-510-5038 Cell > > <http://www.w9dvm.com/> www.w9dvm.com > > <http://www.flamgroup.com/> WWW.FLAMGROUP.COM > > > > K3 # 1605 > > KPA500 # 029 > > P3 #1480 > > KAT500 #50 > > > > CCA 98-00827 > > CRA 1701 > > W9DVM > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
