Chrome for Windows XP to Receive Support Until 2015
Google announced that their Chrome browser will continue to receive patches until a full year after Microsoft cuts support.
While a stalwart cadre of PC users has stuck with Windows XP for the past decade, Microsoft has said that its support of the OS will end on April 8, 2014. Earlier today Google announced that it would continue patching and updating Chrome for XP an additional year – until 2015.
Mark Larson, the Superintendent of Public Safety at Google said in a blog post, "Our goal is to support Chrome for XP users during this transition process. Most importantly, Chrome on XP will still be automatically updated with the latest security fixes to protect against malware and phishing attacks."
Supporting legacy software is often rough – the code’s flaws are much better known by definition and that tends to make computers running older, outdated tech significantly more vulnerable to attack. That aside, many businesses still rely on bulk licenses to keep their enterprises running, and the closer we get to that April 8th deadline, the more likely those IT departments will be forced to switch over.
For a good chunk of people, that’s going to mean big change and certainly plays into Microsoft’s hands as it brings in new bulk licenses for its latest operating systems.
One has a DFI MB with dual Pentium 550s and for the games I run on it it's great.
Even when they stop supporting it, its not like it stops working.
Not that I dislike Windows 7, it's fine. I just don't think it does anything I need that Windows XP doesn't. A lot of people feel that way, and a lot of people are still using XP because of it.
Some ninnys on a forum aren't going to change that reality because they think everyone should upgrade. Some people should, some people are fine with what they have.
Now, Windows 8 is an abomination, so 'upgrading' to that from XP will make people buy Android base computers, or Chromebooks. Not to mention that horrible "A" word they heard is so chic and cool, but truthfully sucks.
Even so, it's time to move on. Microsoft is a dying company, and whether it be XP, Vista, 7, or 8, it's time to leave Windows behind. Free OS's is the future, and unless Microsoft gives Windows away, it will continue to lose market share, as it's been doing month after month.
Windows 8 is their Waterloo. And Google is their Blucher. But, regardless, Windows would die because the expensive OS model doesn't work anymore, with the alternatives. Windows 8 just sped it up.
Some machines like an old laptop are still 85%-90% condition, it still work like charm for everyday web usage, why bother change for a new one? it is just doesnt have the horse power for win7 especially the RAM upgrade is top out @ 1GB.
If Xp support ends I am most likely gonna use linux on my still good condition 7yrs old pentium M + 1GB RAM laptop.
OK and Computers the ran Windows 95 didn't have the performance that required to run Windows XP when it came out when many Windows 95 machines toped out at 64mb. So was Windows XP a resource hog back then too?
Your argument for older machines that are almost a decade old or older in the reasons why they can't run Windows 7/8 is ridiculous to say the least.
I would suggest just switching them to a Linux distro myself.
It lacks some of the newer features and conveniences, but unless you explicitly need them all they are is bloated crap you don't in fact need that will just slow your PC down and take up more space.
Chances are Microsoft has you by the balls if you want to play specific newer direct X PC titles, but for the rest of us XP serves it's function perfectly adequately.
Hell even TRIM support isn't required come to find out you can basically do your own manual TRIM garbage collection with software like CCleaner.
Ready boost is a complete joke for malnourished starved systems which could be malnourished and starved as a result of the additional system requirements of Vista/7/8 OSes themselves it's basically like using USB flash for a page file device wow how awesome.
Boot times IDK why people act like 7/8 boot so much faster than XP personally I can't really notice in fact I think they may have taken longer how I have XP booting setup because I use msconfig and /noguiboot /sos to make booting up quicker and well XP uses less resources.
It lacks some of the newer features and conveniences, but unless you explicitly need them all they are is bloated crap you don't in fact need that will just slow your PC down and take up more space.
Chances are Microsoft has you by the balls if you want to play specific newer direct X PC titles, but for the rest of us XP serves it's function perfectly adequately.
Hell even TRIM support isn't required come to find out you can basically do your own manual TRIM garbage collection with software like CCleaner.
Ready boost is a complete joke for malnourished starved systems which could be malnourished and starved as a result of the additional system requirements of Vista/7/8 OSes themselves it's basically like using USB flash for a page file device wow how awesome.
Boot times IDK why people act like 7/8 boot so much faster than XP personally I can't really notice in fact I think they may have taken longer how I have XP booting setup because I use msconfig and /noguiboot /sos to make booting up quicker and well XP uses less resources.
Lame excuses for owning a crap computer, but keep trying