Is It Time To Dump Windows XP?

On 2/5/2014 11:09 PM PT, J. P. Gilliver (John) typed:

I thought all software and hardware have stopped supporting XP. Have
you seen any software recently that runs on XP or any new hardware
that supports XP? I haven't.

Yes.

OK, I'm _beginning_ to see software - and, more so, hardware - that
doesn't support XP, but I'd still say it's the exception rather than the
rule. (Probably slightly filtered by the fact that I tend not to buy the
latest whizzy hardware/software.)

I started seeing software not supporting XP for years like games.
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On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 23:28:01 -0800, Ant wrote in


I started seeing software not supporting XP for years like games.

Well, if you use computers to play games, and you need to have the
latest games, then yes, you need to upgrade. Just consider it part of
the price of being a game-player.
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On 2/7/2014 1:28 AM, Ant wrote:
On 2/5/2014 11:09 PM PT, J. P. Gilliver (John) typed:

I thought all software and hardware have stopped supporting XP. Have
you seen any software recently that runs on XP or any new hardware
that supports XP? I haven't.

Yes.

OK, I'm _beginning_ to see software - and, more so, hardware - that
doesn't support XP, but I'd still say it's the exception rather than the
rule. (Probably slightly filtered by the fact that I tend not to buy the
latest whizzy hardware/software.)

I started seeing software not supporting XP for years like games.

I haven't seen anything yet. In fact, I have the opposite problem. 100%
of my stuff runs under XP. I can't say the same for Windows 7/8 though.

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BillW50 wrote:
On 2/7/2014 1:28 AM, Ant wrote:
On 2/5/2014 11:09 PM PT, J. P. Gilliver (John) typed:

I thought all software and hardware have stopped supporting XP. Have
you seen any software recently that runs on XP or any new hardware
that supports XP? I haven't.

Yes.

OK, I'm _beginning_ to see software - and, more so, hardware - that
doesn't support XP, but I'd still say it's the exception rather than the
rule. (Probably slightly filtered by the fact that I tend not to buy the
latest whizzy hardware/software.)

I started seeing software not supporting XP for years like games.

I haven't seen anything yet. In fact, I have the opposite problem. 100%
of my stuff runs under XP. I can't say the same for Windows 7/8 though.

I think some of the latest versions of some of the higher end apps might
require Win 7, or at least Vista. A couple of examples are Adobe Photoshop
and the latest version of Sound Forge (ver 11).

Fortunately, I have no use for these latest (albatross) versions. :-)
And I'm not a gamer, so that part is of no consequence. :-)