So What's The Game Plan April 4th When Windows XP Is No Longer Supported?
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OnceFuturePoly
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The XP VM will get the same support (i.e. none) as XP.
That being said, support for XP will actually continue, probably for quite a while. The catch is that M$ will not distribute any new fixes. People (i.e. large companies who haven't gotten off XP yet) will pay for each fix on an "as needed" basis.
What I hope will happen is that some 3rd party support company will collect them and redistribute them. I would pay a small fee to such a company to go to M$ as my agent to get the fixes created after the official free support ends (April 7, 2014) and pass them on to me. Secunia comes to mind...
If you don't keep getting fixes, your system will quickly become "Powned". It only takes one hole unpatched, and soon everyone will know how to drive through it to compromise your machine.
It's also possible that some holes will be plugged by active AV products who, after learning about the exploit, will explicitly check for someone trying to use it. Don't hold your breath -- they will always be behind the curve and only need to miss one flaw to leave your machine partially unprotected.
That being said, support for XP will actually continue, probably for quite a while. The catch is that M$ will not distribute any new fixes. People (i.e. large companies who haven't gotten off XP yet) will pay for each fix on an "as needed" basis.
What I hope will happen is that some 3rd party support company will collect them and redistribute them. I would pay a small fee to such a company to go to M$ as my agent to get the fixes created after the official free support ends (April 7, 2014) and pass them on to me. Secunia comes to mind...
If you don't keep getting fixes, your system will quickly become "Powned". It only takes one hole unpatched, and soon everyone will know how to drive through it to compromise your machine.
It's also possible that some holes will be plugged by active AV products who, after learning about the exploit, will explicitly check for someone trying to use it. Don't hold your breath -- they will always be behind the curve and only need to miss one flaw to leave your machine partially unprotected.
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NippleMuncher
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Why does anyone still use MacroCrap products anyway? Just about everything else available is far superior.
silverwhisper
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i use M$ cuz i can't afford apple and i prefer having a little more control over my interface than whatever the apple guys think i should want. there's an open vs closed architecture argument going on, as i suspect you already know really, really well, NM. 
although i was amused to learn that HP is going to reintroduce new PCs running win 7 due to customer demand.
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although i was amused to learn that HP is going to reintroduce new PCs running win 7 due to customer demand.
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Years (and years) ago I used Windows 2000 Pro. Great OS for business. Picked up version 2 or 3 (after MS finished beta testing ver 1 with their customers) and that ran clean, did not have a bunch of shite running in the background, and what was running, could be turned off or managed with basic knowledge of computers.
It was a sad day when MS and other software providers stopped providing support and updates with Win2000. XP just didn't go as smooth, and Vista... POS.
Windows 7 Pro is not bad, but meh.
Ed, I had thought the same as you, Apple / Mac was gonna run me $$$. We also "custom built" our PCs back then - tower, power, and programs, so we had a pretty good handle on just what we got for our buck.
After a quaint ceremony to say goodbye to Win2000, I went to the Mac Store. The machines we picked up were a few bucks more than some of the pre-packaged PCs and Windows laptops out there, but once you added the costs for Office programs / licensing and other software that we needed for our business, the price gap narrowed.
The other thing that we liked was how easy it was to work on the Macs, and the ease with which the different programs worked and interacted with each other. It was like the programmers that worked on the different parts of iWork were all on the same floor, possibly same office. Anyone who worked with Office back then probably thought the programmers were on different continents, and brought to the Office suite all the nuances and problems that different time zones and language barriers can produce.
Sure, Office has gotten better, but then so has the iProducts. Don't even start thinking about how much better other devices interact and behave with iProducts vs Windows. Pricing today is in line with value and quality.
The shift away from PCs over the last few years is repeating itself, this time with laptops. More and more I am meeting with business associates who run their business with tablets and smart devices, and utilize the related technology and platforms that go with that. I use more apps now than programs in conducting my business. There is also a growing trend for companies to go "live" and conduct most aspects - purchasing, customer service, A/R & A/P, inventory, conduct meetings, reporting, etc - of their business via the web.
In the not so far off future it will be less about operating systems, and more about intuitive, savvy, and well-behaved browsers and connectivity to the web. MS will be in the race sure, but they will be slipstreaming behind others leading the race, as has been their practice for the last fifteen, twenty years.
It was a sad day when MS and other software providers stopped providing support and updates with Win2000. XP just didn't go as smooth, and Vista... POS.
Windows 7 Pro is not bad, but meh.
Ed, I had thought the same as you, Apple / Mac was gonna run me $$$. We also "custom built" our PCs back then - tower, power, and programs, so we had a pretty good handle on just what we got for our buck.
After a quaint ceremony to say goodbye to Win2000, I went to the Mac Store. The machines we picked up were a few bucks more than some of the pre-packaged PCs and Windows laptops out there, but once you added the costs for Office programs / licensing and other software that we needed for our business, the price gap narrowed.
The other thing that we liked was how easy it was to work on the Macs, and the ease with which the different programs worked and interacted with each other. It was like the programmers that worked on the different parts of iWork were all on the same floor, possibly same office. Anyone who worked with Office back then probably thought the programmers were on different continents, and brought to the Office suite all the nuances and problems that different time zones and language barriers can produce.
Sure, Office has gotten better, but then so has the iProducts. Don't even start thinking about how much better other devices interact and behave with iProducts vs Windows. Pricing today is in line with value and quality.
The shift away from PCs over the last few years is repeating itself, this time with laptops. More and more I am meeting with business associates who run their business with tablets and smart devices, and utilize the related technology and platforms that go with that. I use more apps now than programs in conducting my business. There is also a growing trend for companies to go "live" and conduct most aspects - purchasing, customer service, A/R & A/P, inventory, conduct meetings, reporting, etc - of their business via the web.
In the not so far off future it will be less about operating systems, and more about intuitive, savvy, and well-behaved browsers and connectivity to the web. MS will be in the race sure, but they will be slipstreaming behind others leading the race, as has been their practice for the last fifteen, twenty years.
