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1. ivraat+KK5[view] [source] 2024-06-02 00:07:16
>>mouse_+(OP)
I refurbish and sell Windows XP machines as a side business; there's a surprisingly large market for them. My customers mostly break down into the following groups:

1) People looking to play retro games

2) People looking to work with legacy hardware, especially in manufacturing and healthcare

3) People who want the comfort/familiarity of an older operating system

I'm always careful to issue a disclaimer that Windows XP should never be used for anything where you need security, in practice, I don't see much of an issue. The reality is that although XP is a tempting target in terms of vulnerability, it's not widely used enough to be useful to modern malware.

The machines I sell come with Windows XP Delta Edition[1], which as far as I know comes with all the available updates for XP already installed - no Legacy Update necessary. I've been using the Mypal browser [2], but will definitely try Supermium!

[1] https://xpdelta.weebly.com/xp.html [2] https://github.com/Feodor2/Mypal68/releases

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2. avree+fv7[view] [source] 2024-06-02 20:21:50
>>ivraat+KK5
They released XP well into Windows 7, I'm surprised that there's that much incompatibility with modern versions of windows when running software.
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