Steam to No Longer Support Windows XP SP1
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If you're still running SP1... it might be time for an upgrade.
Starting August 31st, Steam will no longer be supporting Windows XP SP1. According to Valve, this change will affect less than one percent of Steam users.
Quite frankly, I’m surprised that those running XP SP1 are even able to get Steam to boot. And if you’re part of the one percent, it’s high time for an upgrade to at least SP2. It’s okay to turn on Windows Update from time to time… it won’t bite.
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At least I had SP3, hehe.
At least I had SP3, hehe.
Still I can't picture a computer that has SP1 even being able to play the vast majority of games on Steam and those with a PC that old and whom are too cheap to buy a newer one are probably too cheap to pay for any games. I mean you can pick up a 2006 Core 2 Duo with 2GB RAM and a high end nVidia or ATI from the same year for little more than $100.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986
A hundred bucks. Stop being cheap and get off that archaic OS that can't properly utilize modern hardware let alone more than 3GB of RAM.
And I can't wait for the day when VALVe stops supporting XP all ogether. Its an old OS and needs to go away like 95/98/2000/ME have.
Lets hope they support Windows 7 for a long, long time, too...when Microsoft releases the next version of Windows which I want to actually pay for. I might have a SmartPhone that can run Crysis by then, though.
It might.
I don't remember which SP it was, but installing it on XP did all kinds of stupid crap to my system originally, I had to uninstall it. So technically, it can sometimes bite, really hard.
But in general, I agree with the user base here, time to get a new PC and move to windows 7. XP is more for old school 8-16bit gaming now then anything else.
the features in user interface, the way everything was set up, ability to change icons, and not needing to google EVERY action you want to take if you ever used a windows os before, are gone in windows 7... i have had to re learn damn near everything and where everything was, granted that is a small, yet anoying curve that should have never been, but i got past it.
what i cant get past is the lack of easy tile ability, folder sizes, and easy to find options like there was with xp...
ill give windows 7 props for interrogating features that want into the os, and being a 64 bit os that is supported heavily, but beyond that, i FAR prefer xp to win 7.
or go with the mentality that if it aint broke dont fix it?
i dont update anything on my pc unless something i want to do demands it, not because im lazy, not because its time consumeing, but because i dont trust every update to work glitch free...
currently i have an amd card and use acdsee, but panning with the arrow keys is broke with amd drivers half the time, so i cant update them even if i want to, and i don't unless a game requires it, or i have a problem that i believe a driver update may fix.
i have also updated windows before and gotten into a bluescreen loop.
i have no trust for updates, and don't do it unless im forced to. and as for being hacked. i have no irrational fear that im the target everyone goes after, i keep no sensitive information on my pc, and if it did get hacked, well, all they could see is my porn collection.
Um Windows XP can support more then 3GB of ram it's called Windows XP 64.
lol, WTF?! My grandma knows how to do all that in 7 with virtually no tutoring from me, it's barely any different to XP, lrn2windoze
I've sold more computers with windows 7 than I can count and offer customers the ability to call up if they're stuck or having trouble with anything and I've never come across anyone calling with problems like that. The easiest thing I can tell them is treat it like a prettier version of XP and just read things properly before getting worried about something that's popped up on the screen...
Windows 8 on the other hand...that just not windows...
Either way it is time now to update to at least SP3 or better than that Windows 7. Windows 8 for me seems like it was designed for tablets rather than desktops and laptops, I shall not be upgrading to that any time soon. If money is a worry for you why not wait for Windows 8 to come out and grab Windows 7 cheap.
most people have no need to go into control panel options, or would ever have a reason for changing an icon. i also learned that most people never even knew tile/cascade options were in xp to begin with.
i get that most people dont care, and would rather use aero snap, but i would rather have the tile options.
what i dont get is for what purpose did most of the things average people wont get to, did they change it?
hell i just looked to make sure, there is not file/edit/tools bar on the explorer any more, and if i want to find the folder options i have to google where that is.
i have valid complaints about windows 7 and ill admit many are minor compared to the trade off of getting 8gb of ram (wanted 16 but not paying 400$ for that ddr2) and os ssd support.