Replacing XP Desktop - Windows 7 or 8

KxMx

I had Win95 for a long time so I see where you're coming from. XP is indeed quite prolific still. Makes it more attractive to hackers though.
However as I said some are willing to take the risks, i'm not.

prowla

If it comes with Windows 8 (or 8.1), you could always upgrade to Windows 7.

Anne_Marie_2

Really interesting to read that some people are anxious about no updates from Microsoft on some Windows products.

I always do recommend having the latest updates for your system. However, when your Windows 3. 95, 98, XP or whatever, is no longer supported by Microsoft, and it is working fine for you, should you ditch it? Well, companies don't, so why should you?
So long as you have a decent antivirus and firewall, and you are careful, you should be ok for a good while yet.

mehera

Don't be scared off windows XP!

Even without 'support' from microsoft it will still be 1000 times more stable than windows 8 thats for sure . . .

Microsoft are concerned that users prefer to stay on xp rather than windows 8 (I wonder why!) so they have decided to use fear tactics to get people to change . . ..

Nice huh?!?!?!?

custardy

mehera wrote: »

Don't be scared off windows XP!

Even without 'support' from microsoft it will still be 1000 times more stable than windows 8 thats for sure . . .

Microsoft are concerned that users prefer to stay on xp rather than windows 8 (I wonder why!) so they have decided to use fear tactics to get people to change . . ..

Nice huh?!?!?!?

lol,tinfoil hat required

KxMx

I kept using Win95 because I had no choice, and I didn't know any better frankly.
This time I am not prepared to use an OS no longer fully protected by Microsoft.
And to be honest the Windows 8 on netbook has great speeds I get a little impatient when I have to use the XP PC!

I do agree though that Microsoft are only withdrawing XP support to push their newer systems.

custardy

KxMx wrote: »

I kept using Win95 because I had no choice, and I didn't know any better frankly.
This time I am not prepared to use an OS no longer fully protected by Microsoft.
And to be honest the Windows 8 on netbook has great speeds I get a little impatient when I have to use the XP PC!

I do agree though that Microsoft are only withdrawing XP support to push their newer systems.

Windows 2000 Professional Edition 31/03/2000 30/06/2005 13/07/2010

Windows 95 15/08/1995 31/12/2000 31/12/2001

Windows 98 Standard Edition 30/06/1998 30/06/2002 11/07/2006

Windows Vista Ultimate 25/01/2007 10/04/2012 11/04/2017 13/04/2010

Windows XP Professional 31/12/2001 14/04/2009 08/04/2014 30/08/2005

look at the dates from release,service pack support and to end of extended support (the latest date)

XP has had nearly 13 years

mehera

KxMx wrote: »

I kept using Win95 because I had no choice, and I didn't know any better frankly.
This time I am not prepared to use an OS no longer fully protected by Microsoft.
And to be honest the Windows 8 on netbook has great speeds I get a little impatient when I have to use the XP PC!

I do agree though that Microsoft are only withdrawing XP support to push their newer systems.

It probably has to do with the spec of pc - ram is the main factor when it comes to speed, then the processor . . . .

Windows 7 and 8 are very resource hungry and require much speedier pc'c to run.

I had a high spec PC running Xp back in the days and it moved like greased lightning!!!

Even now my nice laptop that runs windows 7 has a fat 6gb of ram running on 2.2ghz processors.

mehera

custardy wrote: »

look at the dates from release,service pack support and to end of extended support (the latest date)

XP has had nearly 13 years

That means it is the best one then!!!!!!!

custardy

mehera wrote: »

That means it is the best one then!!!!!!!

Does it?
I left XP behind many years ago
It was good in its day and still is for a basic user no doubt
however its not up to spec on many things
networking and sharing over network would be one for me
from W7 (lets skim over Vista) its been far easier/capable
So are we saying 3 Os's after XP, that M$ are now 'pushing' their newer OS's?