Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Windows XP: Going, going ... gone?
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> | The approaching death of Windows XP may upset you, but it shouldn't come
> | as a surprise. Microsoft Corp.'s product life-cycle guidelines have
> | foretold the fate of XP since 2001. In fact, Microsoft has been killing
> | off one version of a product as it is replaced with another for years
> | now. But this time around, the approaching demise of XP is getting more
> | attention than, say, the final passing of Windows 2000.
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>
> http://www.computerworld.com/action
article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9070119&intsrc=hm_ts_head
I'm thinking so what.
Install your existing expee in virtualbox in Linux
and use a dual or quad core
with a PCI Express 3D graphics card and it
will run faster than normal expee on a standard PC.
All your video and audio works without crummy hanging hassle for a change.
No more technical support issues once windummy OSen is caged
(at least not until micoshaft introduce anti-trust breaking service packs
to break windopws in virtual operation - but then some lawsuit will
bring down micoshaft at that point any way).
Also easier to manage. Just keep a virtual disk of say 3 or 4Gb.
Put all your apps and data on more 3 or 4Gb size virtual disks.
Back up everybody on DVD then.
Someone catches a virus - no problem, wipe his 4Gb virtual disk,
and run up a copy. No need to spend hours doing anti-virus crapola.
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