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  • buglawton
    buglawton Posts: 9,246 Forumite
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    All my current hardware and software works well with XP now. i don't want to be pressured into throwing away hardware when it can be repaired. So any project to keep XP on the road is fine by me. The good thing is that more & more Open Source software is available for XP and this is certain to keep working even if M$ have made their new Office programs etc incompatible with XP.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    buglawton wrote: »
    All my current hardware and software works well with XP now. i don't want to be pressured into throwing away hardware when it can be repaired. So any project to keep XP on the road is fine by me. The good thing is that more & more Open Source software is available for XP and this is certain to keep working even if M$ have made their new Office programs etc incompatible with XP.

    I had to replace hardware that was incompatible with XP when I upgraded from 98. I have never regretted upgrading to XP though.

    Since when has Office 2007 stopped working on XP?
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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