Free Windows 10 Now Looks A Terrible Deal

Cliff S said:

They just killed MSE AV support for it today. XP is dead people, it's rotting and the maggots are eating it's kernel,, throw it in a hole and burn it, will ya?

Thank you, Cliff. I've been waiting for someone to say that.

I think I only used XP for about 6 months then jumped on the Vista band wagon. And I was glad I did. Of course I move to the next higher OS when I can or buy a new PC any how, so I guess that's not saying much then. I did get lucky and skipped 8 and 8.1(my desktop came with 8.1 update already).

Uh oh... Don't you bash Windows 8/8.1 Cliff. I'll let you know I love that OS.

Chuck38 said:

Uh oh... Don't you bash Windows 8/8.1 Cliff. I'll let you know I love that OS.

Chuck... 8.1 update is my favorite OS ever, be it Windows or one of the thirty-odd Linux distros I have tried. The only reason I'm upgrading my Win8.1U PC is security and to receive more doo-dads later:). I found it(personally) the most intuitive OS ever. But I do like the ability to resize universal apps in Ten.

groze said:

There is an unofficial service pack 4 for windows xp just for the record.

But there is no more support.

There you go! Dude The author wasn't Steve Forbes to begin with but a Contributer. So you get whatever?! The 2-4yrs. however isn't so much the life cycle of support of hardware but the 2-4yr. actually more like 2 or 3yr. schedule for each new version of Windows upto and after what was seen while XP was having it's own extended glory days until MS finally got Vista ready. They were 3yrs. late according the 2yr. or 3 yr. release schedule they had been seeing with the Legacy editions and ME, Win 2000 which came up from NT on the Pro/corporate side of the equation there.

The desktop market as such until it slumped big time during our recent depression? or recession was proceeded by companies upgrading to each new version by replacing existing machines with new ones that came with the next version pre-installed or they upgraded inbetween and their IT dept.s tended to the OS upgrade by volume. The consumer simply went out to Circuit City or Walmart to grab a new machine desktop or laptop to get the newer version if not savoy enough to upgrade on his or her own.

Cliff S said:

Chuck... 8.1 update is my favorite OS ever, be it Windows or one of the thirty-odd Linux distros I have tried. The only reason I'm upgrading my Win8.1U PC is security and to receive more doo-dads later:). I found it(personally) the most intuitive OS ever. But I do like the ability to resize universal apps in Ten.

Ah, I see. I misunderstood you.

I plan to dual boot Windows 10 with my Windows 8.1 copy. :)

BunnyJ said:

But there is no more support.

No support = Dead