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**Paul[_32_]** · June 28th 20, 04:43 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

wrote:
On Sat, 27 Jun 2020 16:56:44 -0500, NT (Ant) wrote:

Is it because of very old softwares that don't work in newer hardwares
and OSes? If so, then what do you do for its security? Do you keep the PC
offline? Just curious.

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering.

My XP machine is just running older software that won't run on
anything newer. It is also a machine that runs XP well but may be
dragging in the mud with 7 or 10.
I still prefer XP but too much stuff stopped working, mostly video.
You are right, the XP machines are air gapped from the internet.

I am still running some DOS apps too but they run fine in DOSBOX on 7.

Well, Windows 10 is not a replacement for *anything*.

Five years, and it's like Vista (and not Vista SP2 either!).
At least with Vista, when it got to SP2, it was mostly
settled down.

And then you're comparing the lack of support for WinXP SP3
with the lack of support for Windows 7 SP1. Sure, stuff works
better in Windows 7 SP1 - browsers still work. But you can be
assured the industry will "fix that" eventually.

So rather than this being a "hierarchy of badness", a smooth
stairstep function, the situation is a lot more uneven than that.
There's nothing but bad choices. You can eat half-baked cakes
or eat half-baked pies, your choice.

Paul