30 Jun
2015
30 Jun
'15
4:02 p.m.
Why not??!?
Fair question, easy answer. Security. Unless it's air-gapped, I
wouldn't put anything sensitive on WinXP. Every month, we are finding out
just how much WinXP is like swiss cheese.
Why do the
experts advocate not using something that had been working?
Personally, I find Win7 runs about a fast as WinXP. Throw in
compatibility with newer stuff (comes in handy when taking a break from classics to deal with items from this decade, er,
century....
I'd run only that one application in the WinXP VM. Everything else I
would do in the Win7/Linux/Unix/Mac host which is likely to be much more
secure. And you get better portability.
The fact that you CAN "upgrade",
doesn't seem to imply that you SHOULD.
Agreed. But RAM & HDD upgrades will improve performance.
In that
case, ditch the program or run in a VM.
Why? If the hardware is becoming too unreliable, . .
.
If you need some sort of unavailable support, . . .
Otherwise, WHY change?
It's subjective, personal opinion, really when it comes down to it.
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