Hi Dark, Well, the thing is, and here is my over all point, there are actual benefits in upgrading. Even if you refuse to consider them benefits.They exist.
Take security for example. The older an OS it is the morechances a cracker or virus maker has to discover its weaknesses and can exploit them. When Microsoft stops making their critical updates XP will be fair game for every virus and cracker in the known universe. Maybe you will be one of the people exploited, maybe not, but its an unnecessary risk you are taking by not updating to a newer and hopefully more secure operating system. So in terms of security alone there is some benefit in upgrading. Take User Account Control. I know a lot of people don't like it, think it is a pain in the butt, but it helps safeguard your PC from viruses and other malware by informing you if a program is trying to access some part of your OS it should not be or doing some other action UAC thinks is potentially dangerous. Maybe you don't care, but I do so I use it. The other issue is bug fixes and such. Maybe a certain bug will effect you, maybe not, but I can see XP users not being able to get newer updates for things like DirectX and over time that could be a big problem. Especially, if developers such as myself begin using things like XInput, XAudio2, and other newer components for Windows 7/8 and the XP versions are no longer updated along with the ones for newer platforms. So there might be some benefit in upgrading there as well. I know for a fact you have mentioned on list many times about XP's user accounts screwing up on you. Well, that is in part the fault of using an older OS. I don't know of anyone running Windows 7 or Windows 8 experiencing the bugs and problems with user accounts you have mentioned so that might be a benefit in upgrading too. The point being is you are so certain Windows 7 and Windows 8 holds no benefit to you that I think you are overlooking some actual benefits out of some personal biased towards anything and everything that isn't XP. So be it. I've said my piece. I didn't intend for this thread to go viral like this anyway. Cheers! On 9/12/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Well Tom in that case lets stick with xp. If something is of no actual > bennifit why use it? :D. > > Actually in fairness this isn't your fault, it's microsoft's for creating an > > upgrade that actually doesn't do anything better. > > But your right in that everything has been said so this conversation might > as well stop. > > however I have explained why, if my xp desktop broke tomorrow I'd likely > still buy another xp machine, and not upgrade windows. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
