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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20453  
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Still have ours but iPad is main use, just use XP for typing letters and photos and so on. No Guts, No Glory.
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16th Mar 2014 7:23pm |
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| shaggydog Member Since: 12 Aug 2012 Location: Kent Posts: 3347 
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I'd keep it to be honest, if anything it will run better without the constant updates bogging it down.
If you do update I'd say update to Windows 7. Windows Vista and Windows 8 are infuriating to use. My 2 cents...  |
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16th Mar 2014 7:25pm |
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| Cheshire110 Member Since: 26 Jul 2013 Location: Cheshire/London Posts: 2760
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i think ending support for XP will be the best thing to happen to Apple since the release of vista...
since vista was released apple's market share has only been going one way. Long may it continue, they're products and support and ethos is simply better. They're actually trying to build good quality stuff rather than recycling old crap with a new sticker, new desktop and new name like the crappy japanese pc makers are doing. Cheers, David Land Rovers of all shapes S3 onwards… Daily is a 110 V8. |
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16th Mar 2014 7:44pm |
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| Go Beyond Member Since: 30 Jan 2012 Location: Headcorn, Kent Posts: 6678
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We've just renewed three computers at FCX to run Windows 7, mind you we'd had the old ones for 6 years, the difference in speed is phenomenal !
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16th Mar 2014 7:55pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897  
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I'll be keeping mine 'til I buy new computers, then I'll go Win7 and run it as XP.
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16th Mar 2014 8:25pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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We'll stay with XP! We run all workshop computers on it, and long may it continue! An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948" |
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16th Mar 2014 9:12pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5852 
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Staying with XP at least for the time being, If I go to 7 then it will be new hardware time. 8 can wait. 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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16th Mar 2014 9:23pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I binned XP as soon as I could and got 7 for the Laptop and the main home PC. Use 8.1RT on the surface and the little home PC. I find 8 a doddle to use. Don't make old people mad.
We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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16th Mar 2014 9:35pm |
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| AndrewS Member Since: 10 Apr 2007 Location: Hereford Posts: 3708 
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Move on skip vista and get windows 7
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16th Mar 2014 10:05pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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I got a Win Vista disc free with my XP laptop.
Never installed it. Stayed with XP, it's the most stable system I've ever had from Microsoft. My computing started with Win 3.0 back in the eighties. |
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16th Mar 2014 10:10pm |
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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571 
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If you don't want to move with Microsoft, obviously don't need/want their support but still want an up to date and (more) secure OS then have you considered Linux? Plus it's free, what's not to like?
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17th Mar 2014 12:07pm |
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| Hifonics Member Since: 11 May 2010 Location: Bridgwater Posts: 63 
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Windows XP is looking rather old and sad now, I cannot think of a single way that XP is better than 7 or 8, people need to move on. Once security updates are no longer released you have to be pretty foolhardy to continue using it.
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17th Mar 2014 12:35pm |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897
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You obviously never ran Win3.0 Win95 or WinME.........
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17th Mar 2014 12:39pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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XP is only better by virtue of being very stable and around for so long. As a consequence, people are comfortable with it and there's a huge array of compatible software. Generally, people don't want to 'move on' unless they really have to, and they hate being told that they have to. Hence the fuss about the Start button on Win 8 recently.
I moved from XP to Win 7 last year (running on a Mac, ironically) and, on the whole, it's been relatively painless. I do have a couple of programs that don't want to play though, which is a pain when the upgrade route will cost me money. At work, we'll be moving from XP to 7 in the next couple of months, too. The cost is huge though, which the organisation could do without when everything is essentially working fine as is. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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17th Mar 2014 12:52pm |
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