The death of XP

[olds442jetaway]

I have an 11 year old Dell Inspiron that I am quite happy with. I am not a computer geek by any means and just get by with computers. That is all. I have had this one repaired several times so the insides have all been virtually replaced. I know that support for xp is ending. I really like xp as do many. If I have the latest anti virus programs like Mcafee, Malwarebytes, etc., would I still be vulnerable to hacks when the support ends. If so, rather than do anything with this notebook, I think I will just use my points and get one from the casino. I would really rather keep this one, but I am not sure which is the best way to go.

[BillyJoe]

I have an 11 year old Dell Inspiron that I am quite happy with. I am not a computer geek by any means and just get by with computers. That is all. I have had this one repaired several times so the insides have all been virtually replaced. I know that support for xp is ending. I really like xp as do many. If I have the latest anti virus programs like Mcafee, Malwarebytes, etc., would I still be vulnerable to hacks when the support ends. If so, rather than do anything with this notebook, I think I will just use my points and get one from the casino. I would really rather keep this one, but I am not sure which is the best way to go.
I am kinda in the same boat with my Thinkpad. I increased memory to the max, and have plenty of disk space, so it runs great. I have Windows 7 on my other PC, an HP Mini, and I like that, which is why I am migrated the Thinkpad to Win7.
If I buy a new PC, it will probably have Windows 8, and I have heard not so great things about that.  

[olds442jetaway]

Think Pad...that brings back memories...about 20 years ago, in the infancy of computers, they gave us one at work. It was indestructable and had an old system called Unix. I think it was pre windows. Never failed, but some years later they junked them for new notebook computers based on windows. Froze, locked up, etc. constantly. I eventually gave up on the new junk and retired 10 years ago. They also made double the paperwork of pre computer days. Miss the 50's and early 60's big time.

[jim18]

On CNBC I heard that HP is offering, or soon will be offering Windows 7 as an option to Windows 8 on the computers they sell.

[BillyJoe]

On CNBC I heard that HP is offering, or soon will be offering Windows 7 as an option to Windows 8 on the computers they sell.
Interesting. They did something similar when Vista came out, offering XP as an alternative. Vista soon bit the dust.