Linux......Come of age!!!!!

Margaret54

Hi all, please can anyone tell me if Windows xp will soon have to be upgraded to Vista? My hubby said he heard people at work talking about this, (they don't work in an office) some of the staff like ourselves have just a basic computer for home use. I have learned a lot about how to use our computer by going to classes locally, but I feel lost about all the different ones? I would be most grateful for help, thanks in advance.

brig001

Hi Margaret54, you will never HAVE to upgrade it. I still have Windows 98 and everything works the same way it always has.

BillScarab

Margaret54 wrote: »

Hi all, please can anyone tell me if Windows xp will soon have to be upgraded to Vista? My hubby said he heard people at work talking about this, (they don't work in an office) some of the staff like ourselves have just a basic computer for home use. I have learned a lot about how to use our computer by going to classes locally, but I feel lost about all the different ones? I would be most grateful for help, thanks in advance.

You will never HAVE to upgrade. However at some point in the dim and distant future people will stop developing software that will run on it and hardware that is compatible. Then you may need to but you will have probably be using a different PC by then anyway.

D.K.

Don't worry XP will be around for a few years yet.

At my work I've just been given a £1500 laptop to use.(Someone likes me!) and Vista has been replaced with XP by the IT Dept.

tomsolomon

BillScarab wrote: »

You will never HAVE to upgrade. However at some point in the dim and distant future people will stop developing software that will run on it and hardware that is compatible. Then you may need to but you will have probably be using a different PC by then anyway.

Good enough excuse to migrate to Linux I recon....:D

superscaper

We're still working on brand new projects specifically with XP in mind for running on client machines.

Capricorn_One

Great post.

I work in IT and while Microsoft have really given us jobs, a lot of us prefer Linux.
These days, as you say, you can get an old PC and put new life into it with a Linux distro.

A lot of the latest machines are probably way over-spec for what people need but of course, it's all driven by running Vista.

Linux has put a little enjoyment back into computing.

Capricorn_One

D.K. wrote: »

Don't worry XP will be around for a few years yet.

At my work I've just been given a £1500 laptop to use.(Someone likes me!) and Vista has been replaced with XP by the IT Dept.

I thought that support for XP ran out next year...

S0litaire

Capricorn_One wrote: »

I thought that support for XP ran out next year...

Technically it does but since few people are moving to Vista. MS will be supporting XP in some form till Windows 7 comes out (in 2010) :D

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S0litaire wrote: »

Technically it does but since few people are moving to Vista. MS will be supporting XP in some form till Windows 7 comes out (in 2010) :D

Windows XP will stop being sold retail at the end of this month and Microsoft will provide support up until 2014, five years after it's discontinuation.