Debriefing > Off-Topic Lounge
Windows 7 to Windows 8.1?
kraid:
I still wouldn't overhype this. It only helps M$ to boost their Win7/8 Sales.
Sure, sooner or later there might be an exploit, hack, w/e, but as for now i cannot find any evidence that this allready happened.
Also, a newer OS doesn't neccessarly mean that you're 100% safe.
Whenever a security breach has been found, all the systems using the OS are still vulnerable till the update which might come next tuesday fixes the issue.
The only way to make sure that your Computer isn't infected by something (no matter which OS you're using) is to disconnect (unplug) it from the internet and don't use any external media also used on other PCs (such as external HDDs, Flash drives, CD-R, etc.).
Everything else, OS Updates, FW and AV can potentially fail to protect you under certain circumastances.
Ofc. the risk is there and now even bigger then before for XP users and i wouldn't do anything sensible like banking anymore on a XP machine, but still i'd rather use an XP machine then running through a minefield, no matter if naked or not.
soupcan:
You can continue running XP -- it's just irresponsible to use for anything important, especially if connected to the internet. "M$," as you like to say, has been supporting that old turd for over a decade. It's time for it to die, even if it needs a pillow over the face. Any other platform will have forced you to upgrade long ago in order to continue receiving updates.
Kratos:
Every customer I meet tells me how I can downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7 or XP.
People dislike the OS. Windows 8 is another Vista like operating system. Windows 9 will hopefully do better.
ZombieChowNomNom:
W8 is not as bad as everyone says it is one you get used to the new menu structure... I'd go with W8, since pretty soon you will only be able to play games on W8. ::) Thats how microsoft does it^^
StupidMarioBros1Fan[1138]:
--- Quote from: ZombieChowNomNom on October 01, 2014, 06:37:17 pm ---W8 is not as bad as everyone says it is one you get used to the new menu structure... I'd go with W8, since pretty soon you will only be able to play games on W8. ::) Thats how microsoft does it^^
--- End quote ---
There are a few things that you can't do though, some programs don't have a windows 8 version, I can't find the compatibility folders for the life of me (Project64 1.6 uses those folders a lot, so I only get to use like half of the program on a windows 8)
--- Quote from: Terrowrist on April 20, 2014, 09:27:11 pm ---People dislike the OS. Windows 8 is another Vista like operating system. Windows 9 will hopefully do better.
--- End quote ---
Apparently the new OS is Windows 10, supposedly the name "Windows 9" can break lazy programming. :P
http://gizmodo.com/windows-10-may-have-gotten-its-name-because-of-lazy-cod-1641383218
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version