Windows XP Support

[shhnedo]

Which is your country? For that matter, what's your city?

Currently studying computer science at a university in Varna, Bulgaria. I used that money statement simply because money is somewhat of a problem here(not so easy to maintain a normal financial background).

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1 EUR ~ 1.95 BGN
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[humbert]

Currently studying computer science at a university in Varna, Bulgaria. I used that money statement simply because money is somewhat of a problem here(not so easy to maintain a normal financial background).
1 EUR ~ 1.95 BGN

Are you Bulgarian? I'm asking because you said "Here in my country, for example.....roughly 190-200 euros". I just checked and Bulgaria is not in the Eurozone, hence my question.

Another question - in your computer science classes do you use English and the Latin alphabet, or Bulgarian and the Cyrillic alphabet? I think the Bulgarian language uses Cyrillic, but I might be mistaken. I also noticed Varna is on the Black Sea. Are there beaches, and is it warm enough to bathe in them?

[alifetolive123]

Thanks Maher

[iih]

Here's a suggestion. If you're stuck with an old system and you don't do much more than web surfing or checking email, you can stay safe by running a distro of Linux. For a primitive system probably 32bit Lubuntu is your best bet.

I see humbert have a good thought, about the XP and primitive system,
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) will Arrives on April 17 2014..
Thanks humbert, your words not just probably but it's... click true.

[humbert]

Thanks, iih     As explained, you can easily go to Linux if all you do is surf the net, e-mail, write letters, listen to music, burn CD's, download torrents, etc. This is an ideal alternative for those stuck with ancient hardware. My favorite distro is Mint with Cinnamon desktop, I've had problems with Ubuntu.

[shhnedo]

The goal isn't to force people with old machines to buy new ones. I, personally, never told anyone with a perfectly working XP machine to buy this or that. Neither has humbert, if you understand what he's implying. I'm still installing XP on old machines, because it's the best OS for the job. I'd just NEVER install XP on something like na i3 and 4GB of ram.

This is why we have maher's copy of XP SP3.

[iih]

Same here. I wasn't talking about you or humbert in that last sentence. The whole post did start out as a reply to humbert, but it's really more of a general comment on this whole xp eos business. I've read so much crap lately, I really needed to vent and say my piece.

untill now I've checked on ten pc at my own internet cafe Xp runs just fine and still got updates (we still keep Xp because some games just runs OK on it), the last updates I guess! Humbert give us another way option, if you stick on old machine, Linux runs OK even on modern machine. (depend on ourself), Not to force people to buy the new ones, MS suggest Xp users migrate to W8.1.
Here some opportunity, by ended of support Xp...news april 17 2014 >>>> here

[humbert]

Fuj -> The problem with XP isn't so much the fact that support has been discontinued nor that the OS is "bad", but more so that it's ancient and archaic. Getting hit by malware is like anything else in life - if you get hit you get hit, if you don't, then you don't. My post about moving to Linux was meant not just as a precaution, but because XP is old and slowly becoming useless. Installing it on any computer built after ±2007 is ridiculous, and even more so if you've got a 64bit system. How long has it been since anyone made a 32bit microprocessor? What surprises me most is that, having been around computers since 1993 or before, you know as well as I do that upgrades are an inescapable fact of life. Why aren't you still running DOS?

I read this morning there is a company in China who has decided to write XP updates for sale to the Chinese market. It won't be long before they make their way to TPB, not to even mention those the UK government is paying for.

Why are some people so resistant to upgrades, especially in the computer industry? Don't they realize that it's like being on a sinking ship and not getting off, as if somehow the ship was going to keep floating forever and ever?

[Shadow.97]

Fuj -> The problem with XP isn't so much the fact that support has been discontinued nor that the OS is "bad", but more so that it's ancient and archaic. Getting hit by malware is like anything else in life - if you get hit you get hit, if you don't, then you don't. My post about moving to Linux was meant not just as a precaution, but because XP is old and slowly becoming useless. Installing it on any computer built after ±2007 is ridiculous, and even more so if you've got a 64bit system. How long has it been since anyone made a 32bit microprocessor? What surprises me most is that, having been around computers since 1993 or before, you know as well as I do that upgrades are an inescapable fact of life. Why aren't you still running DOS?

I read this morning there is a company in China who has decided to write XP updates for sale to the Chinese market. It won't be long before they make their way to TPB, not to even mention those the UK government is paying for.

Why are some people so resistant to upgrades, especially in the computer industry? Don't they realize that it's like being on a sinking ship and not getting off, as if somehow the ship was going to keep floating forever and ever?

The accident in south korea.. people were told not to leave the boat

[humbert]

The accident in south korea.. people were told not to leave the boat

Good analogy! Being told not to leave the sinking ship is like being told to hang on tight and stick with XP. With XP as well as with the Korean boat, sooner or later you'll have to jump ship.