Well maria, that is what I rely on Avg and pc tuneup for. I also will
disable automatic updates after April so that nobody attempting malicious
hacks through the system will have access.
I do agree security is an issue, but at the same time I don't see the point
in being paranoid about it.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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From: "Maria and Joe Chapman" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question
Hi.
I don’t mean to give anyone a hard time or anything, I see what you’re
saying. But, what about the security wholes in xp that won’t be patched
anymore? How will you be sure to remain secure?
regards
Maria and crew from australia
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On 18 Dec 2013, at 5:46 pm, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi tom.
I do appreciate that in theory, things will stop running on xp, and I
can't run new versions, heck I'm still running ie8. The problem is that
all the compatibility stuff hasn't yet made any practical difference. I've
not found any websites, services, applications or things I want to use
that require a better machine than I have. Fundamentally if there was some
really good new feature of the updated windows media player, some websites
or net games I wanted to play or something else in updates that I couldn't
do with xp, I would indeed upgrade the system and get used to it.
Regarding security and hardware, well 64 bit actually is a bad thing for
me since it ruins compatibility with dos programs, and once again nothing
requires it. I can accept that the hardware might be more advanced, but
that is of no bennifit to me personally if there is nothing I wish to do
that requires it.
of course, this situation will not go on forever. I fully expect in
several years there will be some awsome new features of new os that I will
want to play with, some games or programs that I can't run on xp etc,
indeed I'm quite amazed that this hasn't already come up. Back in 2007
when windows 7 was first produced I fully expected by around 2010 or 2011,
there to be a lot of games, websites, new and inervative media playback
and other peaces of software that I'd need better hardware or a new os
for, making the hassle of learning the new interface, kicking out
compatibility and mucking about with virtual machines and other things
worth my time.
I'm actually amazed this hasn't happened yet, and despite the aspersions
of certain individuals this is indeed why I have been so careful to
research Windows 7 to the best of my ability and convenience.
As I said I fully expect this situation to change in the future, but at
the moment it hasn't.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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