April 8th is the death of XP, thanks to Microsoft yet again. http://www.sfgate.com/technology/art...-8-5298608.php They've announced they are officially ending security updates.
This being the hard reality, I've not wanted to upgrade for a variety of reasons, including:
- all clones and history of entire site backup images are on XP, which would have to be trashed.
multiple XP pcs are in our household
- older applications like Outlook 2000 and Excell 2000 are not supported. Have DreamweaverMX to Photoshop7 and Illustrator10 and others I believe aren't compatibile with 7, though they might be made 'compatible' which puts this all on shakey ground. Probably over $1500 in software to replace.
- accessing the folder structure doesn't look so straightforward.
Questions:
They say "Windows XP mode allows you to run a variety of Windows XP productivity programs for enhanced flexibility (download required, included)" but does this mean you can use applications that were compatible with XP or only certain ones? I've heard that with their other OS's - XP virtual mode may or may not work.
- Can the older programs even be installed on 7 and run in XP mode?
Microsoft isn't exactly the common sense genius when it comes to compatibility.
With about 30% of all users still on XP this is sure to put the masses in a bind. But great for microsoft, maybe it'll increase their bottom line. Is this why they wrote all of those tens of thousand of lines of code that weren't backward compatible? Seems we need a common sense replacement for microsoft.
This being the hard reality, I've not wanted to upgrade for a variety of reasons, including:
- all clones and history of entire site backup images are on XP, which would have to be trashed.
multiple XP pcs are in our household
- older applications like Outlook 2000 and Excell 2000 are not supported. Have DreamweaverMX to Photoshop7 and Illustrator10 and others I believe aren't compatibile with 7, though they might be made 'compatible' which puts this all on shakey ground. Probably over $1500 in software to replace.
- accessing the folder structure doesn't look so straightforward.
Questions:
They say "Windows XP mode allows you to run a variety of Windows XP productivity programs for enhanced flexibility (download required, included)" but does this mean you can use applications that were compatible with XP or only certain ones? I've heard that with their other OS's - XP virtual mode may or may not work.
- Can the older programs even be installed on 7 and run in XP mode?
Microsoft isn't exactly the common sense genius when it comes to compatibility.
With about 30% of all users still on XP this is sure to put the masses in a bind. But great for microsoft, maybe it'll increase their bottom line. Is this why they wrote all of those tens of thousand of lines of code that weren't backward compatible? Seems we need a common sense replacement for microsoft.