Howdy, As a tech, all I have to think about is having to deal with the debacle called windows Vista and the nightmares both end users and companies had some 3 years ago. I have no Idea how many businesses and personal computers got kicked to the curb because of the amount of issues that soon ta be dead operating system had. It basically took end users to fix all of the bugs in that system in order to have windows 7 which in my opinion looks good and sounds really promising; however, I'm not ready to trash my good fully functional windows xp system which is still going strong and will be until 5 and a half years from now which by then, I'll probably have something windows 7 related. XP has been Microsoft's best operating system surpassing the vaunted windows 98 and will not be retired until somewhere around 2016 if you keep all things on the Microsoft end up ta speed and all your components including the hard ware, protection, and third party apps shipshape.
Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C" <[email protected]> To: "net bat" <[email protected]>; "GW INFO" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 2:19 AM Subject: Re: It's your choice, Windows Seven or XP And seriously, how many average home computer users are looking that far ahead anyway? Why all this flap over an operating system that is perfectly functional and will be in 3-4 years? I wonder how many perfectly good working computers ended up in landfills because people ran to get on the Windows 7 bandwagon? We do live in a throw away society after all. Quote of the nanosecond. . . Classified Ad: Used tombstone Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- [email protected] Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "net bat" <[email protected]> To: "GW INFO" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:56 PM Subject: Re: It's your choice, Windows Seven or XP > xp will work fine as long as you don't plan on going on line. > there will be no support for any of your current software if you need > help. > there will not be anymore critical updates to help keep the hackers out of > your computer. > no more xp driver support for anything you might want to buy or replace > when it goes bad. > no xp support for window eyes or jaws, no xp support at all after 2013 > so if you are going to use your computer for a fishing weight the go > ahead. thats all it will be good for in 3 or 4 years. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert C" <[email protected]> > To: "Jim Grimsby JR." <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:13 PM > Subject: Re: It's your choice, Windows Seven or XP > > >> What problem? Who says one has to upgrade all the time? And dont >> forget, there are alternatives. Who cares if IE 9 will not work on XP? >> IE 8 and older still wroks. As does Firefox. >> >> This mentality of upgrading all the time does not make sense at all. >> No sooner you buy a new computer, its obsolete. There is always >> something newer better bigger. Productivity? How many people really >> care? What is it that drives so many people to try to get the latest and >> the greatest? Take the new iPhone as an example. 600,000 pre orders in >> the first week and many people camped out overnight to be first in line >> to buy them when they were released. Insanity. >> >> XP will run just fine for years. So will the software that is used >> now. >> >> Quote of the nanosecond. . . >> I disagree with unanimity. >> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn >> E-mail- >> [email protected] >> Home Page- >> http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jim Grimsby JR." <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:54 PM >> Subject: RE: It's your choice, Windows Seven or XP >> >> >>> Hi, the problem with this is that more and more software is not going >>> to >>> work on xp. So at some point you're going to have to choose if you want >>> to >>> use the latest software to upgrade. For example internet explorer 9 >>> isn't >>> going to work on xp. The windows live programs are not going to work >>> and >>> there are others. Just like with windows 9x did a few years ago the >>> productivity is going to decrease for those users who do not choose to >>> upgrade. >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pat Ferguson [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:36 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: It's your choice, Windows Seven or XP >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I want you all to know, that just because we have chosen to go to >>> Windows >>> Seven, we still have several computers here using XP for various >>> reasons, >>> one of them being money it costs to upgrade. >>> >>> I also wouldn't tell everyone to upgrade to Windows Seven, either. >>> It's an individual choice as to what one wants to do. <smile> >>> >>> Just becuase many of us choose to use Windows Seven, that doesn't mean >>> that >>> Windows XP isn't loving! <smile> lol. >>> >>> Now, let's all be kind and loving to each other. <smile> >>> >>> I think that those loving folks at GW Micro put up with a lot here. >>> <grin> >>> lol. >>> >>> I'm personally glad I don't run this list. <grin> lol. >>> >>> If I didn't have a loving husband who is very techy and who installs >>> everything here, I mean operating systems, I would probably still be >>> using >>> XP. lol. >>> Operating systems are Blessings. >>> >>> Pat Ferguson >>> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >>> only. 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