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pokerfan

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1. You have a couple of years assuming you're on Service Pack 3

Tue Jan 10, 2012, 07:39 AM

Jan 2012

On April 8, 2014, all Windows XP support, including security updates and security-related hotfixes, will be terminated. Users are recommended to upgrade to Windows 7.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Support_lifecycle

XP was a pretty solid release. Vista was a giant step backwards and Win 7 is actually pretty good if your hardware can support it. Push come to shove, you can always give Linux a try. It has light system requirements (unlike Windows 7) and tends to run well on older machines.

Linux Mint minimum requirements:
Processor: 600 MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Hard Drive free space: 5 GB

Windows 7 minimum requirements:
Processor 1 GHz
Memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard Drive free space: 16 GB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Mint

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XP Home should I keep it? [View all] madmax Jan 2012 OP

You have a couple of years assuming you're on Service Pack 3 pokerfan Jan 2012 #1

The Wiki link madmax Jan 2012 #2

Before you abandon the old hardware pokerfan Jan 2012 #5

I'll do some research re: Linux madmax Jan 2012 #6

No need to be scared of it. Many of the mainstream Linux distros are very easy to learn. totodeinhere Jan 2012 #11

Just because XP support will end doesn't mean it will magically stop working. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #8

I'll add to what Pokerfan said: Go to the manufacturer's site of the computers and do a search.... BlueJazz Jan 2012 #3

Yes, been through the 'can't find the drivers' routine. madmax Jan 2012 #4

XP is a lot leaner than Vista and has fewer problems. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #7

You can run XP virtually on 7 Pro and Ultimate Mnpaul Jan 2012 #9

It's not really a virtual version of XP canetoad Jan 2012 #13

Interesting - ohheckyeah Jan 2012 #10

If it works OK, does what you want canetoad Jan 2012 #12