Banking with Windows XP

Brian65

LHW99 wrote: »

And presumably it would be better for the environment if there was less "short lifetime" equipment finding its way onto dumps when its still working.

...and the UK balance of payments since most of its imported

Brian65

Neil_Jones wrote: »

Bill Gates has had increasingly less to do with Microsoft since 2006 (practically nothing since 2008) and now is effectively just a token shareholder in the company and advisor so that solves that problem for you

What difference does that make as to my money going to Bill Gates?

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polymaff wrote: »

No, you'd expect it to be the browser most targeted by the bad guys.

What browser do you use and why is it more secure than Chrome?

giraffe69

It's reasonably simple. Older operating systems are inherently more risky and as time goes on elements of them may not be ok for modern hardware or software. If you work in a sizeable firm with a significant IT department then you can mitigate those risks for longer and it is true that businesses have been known to delay because, for example, their custom software only works with IE6.

Those with less expertise and no IT department to back them are better advised to upgrade. For sure you don't want to do it on day 1 but in the case of XP the end of the world as we know it came some time ago. You don't have to spend a fortune on Windows 10 and frankly if you are paying is Bill Gates worse than anyone else?

Of course if that is your sticking point you can always take the advice of some on here who recommend Linux.

Eco_Miser

Brian65 wrote: »

What difference does that make as to my money going to Bill Gates?

Because it's not Bill who gets your money any more, if you buy Microsoft.

But you don't have to buy Microsoft.
Install Linux for online use, and dual boot into XP for all you favourite, already-paid-for programmes.

polymaff

polymaff wrote: »

No, you'd expect it to be the browser most targeted by the bad guys.

newbinvestor wrote: »

What browser do you use and why is it more secure than Chrome?

1. Currently, Firefox on Linux

2a. Overwhelmingly open-source
2b. As answered in my post you quoted!

polymaff

Eco_Miser wrote: »

Because it's not Bill who gets your money any more, if you buy Microsoft.

But you don't have to buy Microsoft.
Install Linux for online use, and dual boot into XP for all you favourite, already-paid-for programmes.

Quite. I triple boot XPSP3, Win7pro and Linux. All points covered.