Windows XP

[-Globox-]

XP is a great OS. Long live XP.

[Weekapaug]

Originally Posted by -Globox- [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

XP is a great OS. Long live XP.

Absolutely.

Obviously it's time to move on to newer OS for new hardware, but having to kick it off the boat like this is testament to how excellent XP was. Been a windows user since 95 and XP was the shiz. It's almost like they had to draw a line in the sand just to get people to buy anything new.

About a year ago heard a thing on the news that 40% of the world's computers were still running XP. Yesterday, they said 30% of businesses are still running XP. 12 years later? Amazing.

Like the AK-47 or B-52 of operating systems. 100 years later still in use.

[r00t]

64 bit xp (aka only one worth using on modern hardware) has a lot of random driver issues and gotchas as it was never fully supported in the first place. I used it for a little bit but eventually went back to 7 at the time

also with xp or 7 youre stuck using an obsolete version of directx that dosnt have all the tite optimizations that 8 does

[radditsu]

Originally Posted by r00t [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

64 bit xp (aka only one worth using on modern hardware) has a lot of random driver issues and gotchas as it was never fully supported in the first place. I used it for a little bit but eventually went back to 7 at the time

also with xp or 7 youre stuck using an obsolete version of directx that dosnt have all the tite optimizations that 8 does

He is right.

[Raavak]

You mean I gotta pay money to get a new OS? Gtfo.

[-Globox-]

Originally Posted by Raavak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You mean I gotta pay money to get a new OS? Gtfo.

Lol. Good one.

[r00t]

if only both the russians and the chinese had alrdy reverse engineered every version of windows to the point of releasing working cracked versions

[ymw]

8 is fine once you're used to it. We aren't going to be pushing it as a standard, but I'm doing the work to make it viable and available on devices that will only run it.

On the support side, it's been a bit love/hate, I'll admit. Changing Audit Mode was a total dick move.