Windows XP forever? The OS that just won't die

[Deleted member 3]

XP *is* broken.

it cant handle 3GB+ of ram.

That's of course not true, it's not that XP can't handle it, it's 32bit addressing that can't. No 32bit OS can address more than 4GB (exception is when using PAE). and it handles Gigabit networks just fine.
Either way XP is ancient by now, it will die over time. It took ages for 2000 to be replaced as well, even crappy 98 held out many years. People just don't like change, something works, they get used to it and want to stick with it. Besides, it's mostly the geeks that stick with an ancient OS, most users switch to Vista/Win7 just because their new computer comes with it.

 

[Mussels]

shhh, dont nitpick. just saying that it doesnt work as well with modern hardware, as a modern OS - no surprise


old machine + XP = no problems
Modern machine + XP = minor problems
give it a year or two, when OEM systems sell with 8GB of ram + XP = big problem

 

[DaveK]

I really liked XP, liked it a lot more than Vista but after using 7 I wouldn't go back, wont use 32bit ever again either.

 

[Deleted member 3]

shhh, dont nitpick. just saying that it doesnt work as well with modern hardware, as a modern OS - no surprise


old machine + XP = no problems
Modern machine + XP = minor problems
give it a year or two, when OEM systems sell with 8GB of ram + XP = big problem

True, you can't expect ancient software to support everything new. My father for example keeps bitching about that, he wants to keep using software he used 10-15 years (literally) ago. Just because he understands jack shit of a PC and when things are different he goes mental.

At the same time, legacy support needs to be dropped now and then as well, sticking with ancient standards is a bad thing. It's very hard to do so though in reality. We're still stuck with support for all kinds of ancient stuff, we're even still using x86. Intel tried to get rid of that and failed. Windows 7 actually is a good step forward that way, dropping all kinds of legacy support and emulating it instead if required. That way the base of the OS is a lot cleaner and thus faster and more stable.

 

[JessicaD]

Melvis,

Thank you for your support of Windows 7. If you are planning on purchasing Windows 7 when it is released it may be helpful to know you don't have to wait until October to reserve your copy of Win 7! You can pre-order your copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional today. For more information, see the Windows 7 Pre-Order offer page here: http://tinyurl.com/nldc8p

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

 

[Mussels]

hi jess

Dont forget that we can all buy technet plus subscriptions too, and access the RTM right now - i think keys will take a little longer to appear, but -earm fixes that.

 

[Melvis]

Melvis,

Thank you for your support of Windows 7. If you are planning on purchasing Windows 7 when it is released it may be helpful to know you don't have to wait until October to reserve your copy of Win 7! You can pre-order your copy of Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional today. For more information, see the Windows 7 Pre-Order offer page here: http://tinyurl.com/nldc8p

Jessica
Microsoft Windows Client Team

Wow Hi Jessica, and welcome to TPU

I myself will hope to be starting my own computer Business here, so i will most probably be ordering a bunch of OEM Versions of Windows 7 later on in the year. Thanks for the link etc ill be looking into this later on for sure

Any further info on getting Windows 7 for what i intend to do would be great thanks Jessica

Thanks

 

[Mussels]

Jessicas been around for a bit - she just tends to post links and inform people of MS's tech support sites, however.