EeveeLegends wrote:

Why would Scratch 3.0 support such an old version of Windows?
No support.

when green flag clicked
boot into [WindowsXP-USBSetup]
execute [setup.exe]

cheddargirl wrote:

Aside from the security risk, Windows XP is unfortunately just too old for either 2.0 or 3.0. You can opt to use the offline versions of Scratch - however given that your system is so old, there's a chance that the 2.0 and 3.0 offline versions might not work and you might be stuck with 1.4.

If you need online 3.0 features, though, I'm afraid you'll need to upgrade your computer because your current computer system will just not accept any incoming updates that require 3.0 (let alone of the HTML-heavy websites) to continue functioning. Most electronics stores usually do carry discs or drives for installing Windows 10; the price usually runs somewhere between $100 - $200 (USD), and older installations (Windows 7 or 8) will usually be cheaper. You are better off paying a few hundred bucks now for the sake of security versus the potential of losing thousands of dollars or having important information compromised if your computer gets broken into.

CatsUnited wrote:

As for your second statement, Snap! wouldn't be able to overtake Scratch in popularity because “it supports Windows XP”. The number of people using XP as their primary or even as a secondary OS is very low as newer OSes are better security wise, feature wise and hardware wise. In the end, you're wanting Scratch to be able to run on web browsers that support a nearly 20 year old operating system that had it's support cut off from it's company over 5 years ago, and if you're still using XP for any work or as your primary operating system, it's definitely time to move on.

Also Snap! is much more technically advanced than Scratch and contains a bunch of features that wouldn't make sense in Scratch because they would be “too confusing” or “too complex”

Truck11111 wrote:

No support, Windows XP is an old and outdated operating system, Microsoft doesn't even support it.

ConfusedBiscuit wrote:

Truck11111 wrote:

No support, Windows XP is an old and outdated operating system, Microsoft doesn't even support it.

That pretty much sums it up right there.

venyanwarrior wrote:

ConfusedBiscuit wrote:

Truck11111 wrote:

No support, Windows XP is an old and outdated operating system, Microsoft doesn't even support it.

That pretty much sums it up right there.

Actually, the U.S. Military pays Microsoft hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to continue supporting Windows XP because that's what the pentagon uses.

colinmacc wrote:

It’s hard enough finding a browser on vista that runs scratch, and even then not everything works properly!

EeveeLegends wrote:

colinmacc wrote:

It’s hard enough finding a browser on vista that runs scratch, and even then not everything works properly!

I had a computer than ran Vista and used Google Chrome, used it when Scratch 3.0 came out and it worked fine but not on big projects (it just crashed on those projects), so it's really not that hard to find a browser that works.

8243874 wrote:

I don't support, because Windows XP is old version of Windows. And, Scratch 3.0 supports only Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10

ConfusedBiscuit wrote:

8243874 wrote:

I don't support, because Windows XP is old version of Windows. And, Scratch 3.0 supports only Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10

Scratch doesn't support Windows 7, at least not my old laptop

8243874 wrote:

I don't support, because Windows XP is old version of Windows. And, Scratch 3.0 supports only Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10

Truck11111 wrote:

No support, Windows XP is an old and outdated operating system, Microsoft doesn't even support it.

EeveeLegends wrote:

Why would Scratch 3.0 support such an old version of Windows?
No support.

Ian-Stewart wrote:

8243874 wrote:

I don't support, because Windows XP is old version of Windows. And, Scratch 3.0 supports only Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10

Truck11111 wrote:

No support, Windows XP is an old and outdated operating system, Microsoft doesn't even support it.

EeveeLegends wrote:

Why would Scratch 3.0 support such an old version of Windows?
No support.

No support, because of the posts above. If you really need to use Scratch on a Windows XP computer, you can still download Scratch 1.4 offline editor.

colinmacc wrote:

ConfusedBiscuit wrote:

8243874 wrote:

I don't support, because Windows XP is old version of Windows. And, Scratch 3.0 supports only Windows 7, 8.1 and Windows 10

Scratch doesn't support Windows 7, at least not my old laptop

Windows 7 is fine with the latest version of Chrome.