XP's Demise

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Product works as described, pity users don't...

[BiLLz0r Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close BiLLz0r]

So I'm told.

IT Knob: "Hmmmmm....I don't know why its going back to the tiles. It shouldn't."

Me: "Yes I know it shouldn't. But, just like magic and typical for windows, it f@#ks up. Please just install windows 7 so I can get this device doing something close to living up to its promise and intended purpose"

IT Knob: "Are you sure? Eight has some really cool stuff..."

Me: "Do I need to get violent?"

IT Knob: ........

HAHAHA, Love it.
Where I work it's also like this:
Client: I want Windows 8.1, it's meant to be so much better.
Me: Why, Win8 is terribly inefficient, especially in the work place.
Client: But Windows 8.1 is newer and 2 versions ahead of 7. I don't want old technology.
Me: No, it's 1 version, 8.1 is not a new version, it's a fancy service pack. Just because it's newer doesn't make it better. You want reliable technology that helps you get your work done, not make you slower.
Client: But surely Microsoft have got it right now after Vista.
Me: No they haven't. It's terrible and you'll hate it.

[JoshF Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close JoshF]

No it's worse than that, it sucks the sweat of dead men's balls!

Please, don't tell us how you know this

[Beach Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beach]

Product works as described, pity users don't...

"Computer has crashed..."

"Blue screen of death..." (This famously happened to the Demi God Gates himself during an on stage presentation)

Windows has been and continues to be inherently unstable and unreliable. Its the reason we have over bloated IT depts.

[r4ndll Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close r4ndll]

"Computer has crashed..."

"Blue screen of death..." (This famously happened to the Demi God Gates himself during an on stage presentation)

Windows has been and continues to be inherently unstable and unreliable. Its the reason we have over bloated IT depts.

I used that in a Windows XP demo back in the dark ages of the early 00's. I had a slide about how stable XP was, set the timer to auto progress to a screenshot of the BSD so it faked a crash. Oh how they laughed...

Windows keeps me in a job...

[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Please, don't tell us how you know this

I watched Good Morning Vietnam

Cheers Andrew

[Chris220220 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chris220220]

A few IT guys I work with say go with every second issue of windows the others are dodgy.
XP- good
Vista- yuck
W7- good
W8- a pain
With 9 coming out I'd hang out for the good one

[Beach Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beach]

Windows keeps me in a job...

Windows will also keep us safe from a Terminator, Skynet apocalypse.

[Pog Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pog]

A few IT guys I work with say go with every second issue of windows the others are dodgy.
XP- good
Vista- yuck
W7- good
W8- a pain
With 9 coming out I'd hang out for the good one

Windows 95 - Ok
Windows 98 - Good
Windows Millenium - Totally Shit
Windows XP- AWESOME!!
Windows Vista- Beyond Crap
Windows 7- Not too bad - It grows on you
Windows 8- Ten steps backwards
Windows 9 - ??

[Fearless Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fearless]

Computers are like air conditioners

When you open Windows, they don't work.

I personally use Ubuntu. Seamless updates,no need to reboot after every one. Comes with M$office comptable suite. NO VIRIUS that I have ever found.

But best of all, it's free. The only thing I have paid for is my Canon printer drivers.

Cheers

Frank

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Windows has been and continues to be inherently unstable and unreliable. Its the reason we have over bloated IT depts.

That's a gross generalisation but whatever floats your boat.

[Ian Reid Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Reid]

XP's Demise

No it's worse than that, it sucks the sweat of dead men's balls!

The whole apps thing is just plain stupid, even in the desktop mode heaps of things just work stupidly.

Just one example, downloading photos from my camera. With XP I could select the folder I wanted, name the pictures and ask the computer to delete the pictures from camera. With win 8, it makes a new folder every time, no option to name them before the download and the auto delete from the camera doesn't exist.

There are at least 3 totally different ways you need work out in order to print a document, XP was just right click and print.

I could go on but I am getting the urge to smash my computer just thinking about it.

Cheers Andrew

ordered my PC with 7 and they supplied it with 8. In the end i took it back and made them put 7 on it and reload all my other software.

Windows 8 is like they let the loonies loose in the Development department and told them to make a program that no one over 19 can work.

Start button has been bottom left forever, why change things that work?
Shutting down? Just pull the power saves all the BS.
Why bury the admin account so you cant do basic changes yourself - yes i know its there but i had to go looking.
Long list of stupid changes...

I too hate it with a passion

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[juc33_prado Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close juc33_prado]

Windows is kinda like a 90 series prado vs a 2014 porsche, you can tinker with one easily enough, the other is just dangerous to touch for fear of breaking something!

As I am Gen X and know my way around a computer from age 10ish, I have no problem fixing/tinkering in windows settings. This is why I like windows over mac, I'm my own IT department

[fatty boy Member Find all posts View Profile Close fatty boy]

RIP XP!
Personally, haven't used it used it for ages, since w7. W7 will be my main OS till it becomes new XP or w9 is better than w8.
Installed w8 on my table just because it got a touch screen and tried to keep up. Rarely have to touch it.

IMO - you can stay on XP so long as you've got antivirus and are behind firewall and not clicking everything . Last thing is very important.- I used Firefox, noscript and adblock+. I reckon for most people it will stop popups/ads and reduces the attack vectors. And backup. That way, you can do restore, when you need it.

[Beach Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Beach]

That's a gross generalisation but whatever floats your boat.

Maybe but there's also a gross amount of truth. If that wasn't the case we wouldn't be having these conversations. If your 4wd behaved like windows, how long would you put up with it?

Would you fly on a commercial aircraft that ran on windows?

"This is your pilot speaking. We just have to turn the aircraft off and on..."