nice thing about vmware is if you run it on a new machine and you put
windows xp inside of it then you can use xp with your new components
hard drives and stuff because vmware lets it work with those things.
sent from my vinux4 linux laptop
On 09/11/2013 02:43 PM, dark wrote:
I'm quite aware sapi 5.5, advanced net framework etc aren't available
for xp, but I've still! not been convinced that there really is any
reason to upgrade since practically speaking it seems all I get is a
more irritating interface and less compatibility with a good few
games, and though these components don't work, does anything good
actually use them?
If microsoft want to sell me a new operating system, give me a reason
why! I should use one, something it does better than xp, and no,
having flashy ribbons and the like isn't, indeed to me that's a
negative (I still think microsoft should've had the option for an xp
like interface).
If lots of developers use these new components to create better games
and such, well maybe that would be a reason to upgrade, but that's not
happened yet and I don't really see why i should say goodbye to 32 bit
compatibility, and! stagger around a more stupid interface until that
reason is there.
i don't doubt that will happen at some point in the future, but it
certainly hasn't yet, and especially not from microsoft.
I don't want to start this debate again, since I think everything has
been said that can be said, however I'm just pointing out there are
perfectly good reasons to stick with xp, and bigger numbers and newer
versions of components that most people only use to run other software
aren't! a reason to upgrade if they're not used for anything good,
which up to now they haven't been.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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