Windows 7 may be great, and Windows 8 may be cool (and Vista may suck), but nothing can ever replace Windows XP! No wonder Microsoft kept it going for 12 years instead of 10!

Post if you agree, and what you love about Windows XP.

Windows XP is certainly a classic!

My dad refuses to use anything else.

astro-mechanic wrote:

My dad refuses to use anything else.

Your dad and I have something in common
My dad wanted to find a windows 7 disk and load it into the old computer, but I insisted that I wanted to hold onto Windows XP, so he gave me the responsibility of keeping it going for as long as I can!

I remember.. my first computer… My mom showed me how to use MS paint and WordPad. It was simple enough for me to use at age 6. For hours I would write stories and books on wordpad and them illustrate them in MS paint. Ah good times indeed.

It can and has been replaced.

Unfortunately.

CN12 alternate profile alert.

If you really want you can dual-boot XP and 7.

mrhooper wrote:

CN12 alternate profile alert.

Oh, hush…

Merthecat wrote:

It can and has been replaced.

Unfortunately.

OK, I get that literally, it has been replaced. I am typing this right now on a Windows 8.1 computer, and I also own a Windows 7. I am just writing this a, uh, tribute I guess to Windows XP!

CN12 wrote:

mrhooper wrote:

CN12 alternate profile alert.

Oh, hush…

Uh, what are you talking about?

TechZoid wrote:

I remember.. my first computer… My mom showed me how to use MS paint and WordPad. It was simple enough for me to use at age 6. For hours I would write stories and books on wordpad and them illustrate them in MS paint. Ah good times indeed.

My Windows XP was my first computer. We got it when I was 4 years old and I used to be addicted to playing Dora the Explorer PC games, so I can totally relate to you! Some of my first Scratch 1.4 projects were/are on there!!

I always felt XP was a bloated version of Windows 2000 Professional.

i like vista what are you talking about

After Windows XP went to dust, I start using Linux Mint. I love it, probably more than I did windows xp.

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

StarscreamClone wrote:

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

Agree. Windows XP has frozen a lot for me, and task manager in Windows 7 has always been more reliable. Also, it looks old, point be told. Lastly, it supports less complexity in hardware, I'm pretty sure only 4GB RAM.

turkey3 wrote:

StarscreamClone wrote:

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

Agree. Windows XP has frozen a lot for me, and task manager in Windows 7 has always been more reliable. Also, it looks old, point be told. Lastly, it supports less complexity in hardware, I'm pretty sure only 4GB RAM.

The majority of Windows XP installations were 32-bit, but 64-bit versions did exist. That said, any machine that came with Windows XP probably didn't have more than 4GB of memory anyway.

I'm still using Windows XP.


One day I will be able to play Team Fortress 2 without excessive lag that usually leads to blue screen of death. But I love Windows XP anyways.

Harakou wrote:

turkey3 wrote:

StarscreamClone wrote:

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

Agree. Windows XP has frozen a lot for me, and task manager in Windows 7 has always been more reliable. Also, it looks old, point be told. Lastly, it supports less complexity in hardware, I'm pretty sure only 4GB RAM.

The majority of Windows XP installations were 32-bit, but 64-bit versions did exist. That said, any machine that came with Windows XP probably didn't have more than 4GB of memory anyway.

*shiver*

Harakou wrote:

turkey3 wrote:

StarscreamClone wrote:

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

Agree. Windows XP has frozen a lot for me, and task manager in Windows 7 has always been more reliable. Also, it looks old, point be told. Lastly, it supports less complexity in hardware, I'm pretty sure only 4GB RAM.

The majority of Windows XP installations were 32-bit, but 64-bit versions did exist. That said, any machine that came with Windows XP probably didn't have more than 4GB of memory anyway.

Yes, I have a 32-bit 2005 Windows XP.

StarscreamClone wrote:

When we got a new computer, it came with Windows 7 installed, and in all honesty, I would not like to switch back. Part of it is the fact that I get a sort of… empty feeling using it. The sort I get when I find a site that nobody uses anymore, cold/sunny days, etc. The other bit is that I found XP to be very laggy/glitchy on the old computer (of course, that could have been because of some ancient viruses on there).

Eh, to each his/her own, I suppose.

So far, my old computer has had 7 Trojan Viruses, 2 of which were Trojan downloaders. And counting…since using Windows XP now is 5 times more vulnerable than before. Right now, I am looking for a cheap version of Norton to download to kind of replace Windows Security Essentials.