Goodnight, sweet prince

[ElFenix]

who else still has an XP install up and running? 298 installed hotfixes in nearly 8 years of use. hardware has changed from a single core k8 to 3 different core2 flavors to a dual core k8 to the current athlon2 quad.

figure i'll virtualize this onto a windows 8 machine. have some software that i can't get anymore.

Host Name:                 DIMENSIA
OS Name:                   Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Version:                5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer:           Microsoft Corporation
OS Configuration:          Standalone Workstation
OS Build Type:             Multiprocessor Free
Registered Owner:          ElFenix
Registered Organization:   
Product ID:                *********************
Original Install Date:     7/13/2006, 5:00:58 PM
System Up Time:            113 Days, 4 Hours, 35 Minutes, 17 Seconds
System Manufacturer:       BIOSTAR Group
System Model:              TA760G M2+
System type:               X86-based PC
Processor(s):              1 Processor(s) Installed.
                           [01]: x86 Family 16 Model 5 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2800 Mhz

 

[Ruptga]

I got rid of XP about six years ago. My folks finally threw out their last busted up XP laptop today. They would have given it away but someone crushed its screen in a recliner, so they had been using it as a desktop with a monitor for the last few years.

Whenever I feel like playing Scorched Earth or Master of Orion 2 I use DOSBox, so I'm not really missing anything on 7.

 

[Sluggo]

We still have a computer at work running win98 1st edition

Not even backed up since there is a half finished SE upgrade done on it, and there is no USB support. It's stuck in time and won't upgrade or downgrade.

 

[DigDog]

typing this on a virtualised XP (over a suse) on a single core of a x5650. (at work, ofc)

 

[Pardus]

Local banks use XP for their ATM's, now they have to spend money to upgrade them.

 

[Exterous]

So many local banks use XP for there ATM's, now they have to spend a lot of money to upgrade them.

Many run XP Embedded. Support for that is still ongoing until 2016. Some banks have also bought support extensions for those running XP. The ATM apocalypse has been greatly exaggerated. Maybe they'll do the Cip+Pin upgrade at the same time as the XP upgrade

 

[DigDog]

So many local banks use XP for there ATM's, now they have to spend a lot of money to upgrade them.

THEIR !!

also, it's because the XP which runs on company servers isn't the same XP which comes out of an install disk - these are well oiled machines with thousands of small changes made over the years by the sysadmins.

The same reason gives that you wouldn't get anything remotely workable out of a W7 install disk - the admins would have to make a ton of changes to suit the needs of their business.
Think of these OS as a platform to build the OS you want. While 7 and 8 are newer and better, what you get out of the box is nothing compared to the work you've done over the years on a XP.

 

[skimple]

Hell, we've got test fixtures running Win 95, and I think we still have a Packard Bell running Win 3.1 somewhere around here.

Now, it you want to talk Unix, we have some REALLY old Solaris variants hanging around in the labs.

 

[Thump553]

Suppposedly something like 30% of the machines in the world run XP.

Surprisingly I noticed yesterday my local Staples was running XP Professional screen savers on their cash registers.

Frankly if Microsoft is unwilling to support XP any longer they should spin it off to a nonprofit or some other entity willing to support it. I won't buy a new computer with Win 8 (even though I'm still running Vista at work on a slow and ancient machine) and I suspect that a vast majority of the public's needs are easily met by an XP machine.

A computer is a tool. Microsoft and the vendors want us to treat them like 1950's cars-something to replace every year as a matter of status.

 

[sdifox]

Suppposedly something like 30% of the machines in the world run XP.

Surprisingly I noticed yesterday my local Staples was running XP Professional screen savers on their cash registers.

Frankly if Microsoft is unwilling to support XP any longer they should spin it off to a nonprofit or some other entity willing to support it. I won't buy a new computer with Win 8 (even though I'm still running Vista at work on a slow and ancient machine) and I suspect that a vast majority of the public's needs are easily met by an XP machine.

A computer is a tool. Microsoft and the vendors want us to treat them like 1950's cars-something to replace every year as a matter of status.

Err, you can still use it, there is just no more support for it. Costs a lot of dough to support ancient OSes.

Does IBM still support OS/2?

 

[Pr0d1gy]

I still like the improvements in Win8, namely the load speed and stability, but I cannot figure out why they make everything run off the desktop but then make Metro the default menu. Not a very well thought out plan of attack at all.

I would love to get an XP that loads like Win8 does.

 

[wabbitslayer]

parents still running XP on their 2008-era Dell. I cringe at the thought of having to re-train them on Win7, 8 or 9...

 

[GTaudiophile]

MS needs to offer an OS with Win8.1 under the hood but with the Win7 GUI.

Fvcking hate Metro.

 

[Rakehellion]

MS needs to offer an OS with Win8.1 under the hood but with the Win7 GUI.

Fvcking hate Metro.

They do. It's called Windows 8. Click the button that says "desktop."

 

[halik]

Have XP virtualized on my mac, not upgrading.

 

[mmntech]

My Dad finally got rid of his Windows XP computer shortly before Christmas. He somehow managed to find a current brand name desktop that runs Windows 7. So he's happy now.

I haven't run XP myself since 2009. I don't miss it. It wasn't nearly as good an OS as people seem to think it was. Especially in those early days. Huge security flaws, and I had big stability issues as well which forced me to do clean installs every so often. It's what forced me to learn computers.

XP sticks around though because it was still kicking strong when Vista flopped. That was about the time even budget computers reached the cusp of being "good enough" for what most people used them for. So people bought Core 2 machines running XP and they're still perfectly usable today. People see little reason to upgrade.

There's still an awful lot of mission critical hardware still running it. I wonder how long businesses and governments are going to keep forking out the cash for custom support. Probably be cheaper in the long run just to upgrade. Won't make the IT boys happy migrating all that stuff over though, but that's what they're paid for.

Speaking of old ass computers, I think work still had a system running Windows 3.1, which was used for updating the weather ticker on TV. They finally got rid of it recently.

 

[momeNt]

I don't even remember why I ditched windows 2000 for xp. I think some of my games didn't work right with it. Was really the perfect OS.

 

[poofyhairguy]

MS needs to offer an OS with Win8.1 under the hood but with the Win7 GUI.

Fvcking hate Metro.

http://www.classicshell.net/

 

[Markbnj]

I've got it on a VM for old browser testing. That's about it at this point.

 

[lupi]

Think I still have 2 latops with it running, else they are on 98.

 

[DigDog]

I haven't run XP myself since 2009. I don't miss it. It wasn't nearly as good an OS as people seem to think it was.

I disagree. I see why you would think this way, though: you are thinking
XP->W7

instead it was like this:

95/ME/2000->XP

when XP came out it was a monument of perfection, compared to that mound of shit windows 2000 was. People threw themselves at it passionately because it was unbelievably good, and with the enthusiasm came many community micropatches which made it even better.

 

[BoomerD]

My ancient laptop still has XP on it and I have one hard drive in this rig that's loaded with XP. (but not currently connected into the system.)

I have 2-3 very old games that I used to enjoy that wouldn't run on Vista or 7, so I kept the one drive loaded with XP so I could play them...but the graphics are VERY dated...and the games just aren't as enjoyable anymore.

 

[lxskllr]

I have 2-3 very old games that I used to enjoy that wouldn't run on Vista or 7, so I kept the one drive loaded with XP so I could play them...but the graphics are VERY dated...and the games just aren't as enjoyable anymore.

Seems like a good candidate for virtualization. A decent new machine should be able to run old games in a vm without breaking a sweat. I agree regarding old games though. Sometimes going back just ruins a fond memory. It isn't fun, and the fun you used to have gets forgotten. It becomes just another shitty game.

 

[shortylickens]

I did until recently. But it finally got to the point where I wanted to play more Win7-only games than XP-only games.

 

[Anubis]

XP died for me when Vista came out