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Offline Nick_Ips

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Re: support for Windows XP, 7, Vista ending soon: alternatives ?
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 04 April 17 09:57 BST (UK) »

Lol, that is funny and I'd never heard it before even if it is an old one  :)

But you missed one out... the much beloved Windows ME.  And I use 'beloved' in a very loose way  ;D

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Re: support for Windows XP, 7, Vista ending soon: alternatives ?
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 04 April 17 10:38 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Nick_Ips on Tuesday 04 April 17 09:57 BST (UK)

Lol, that is funny and I'd never heard it before even if it is an old one  :)

But you missed one out... the much beloved Windows ME.  And I use 'beloved' in a very loose way  ;D

Also Windows CE, which was 'designed for including or embedding in mobile and other space-constrained devices'.

When MS were having lots of problems with Windows continually crashing some wag suggested they should combine three of their operating systems to make one with rock-solid performance - Windows CE-ME-NT . . . . .

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Re: support for Windows XP, 7, Vista ending soon: alternatives ?
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 04 April 17 10:44 BST (UK) »
We have a sony laptop running on vista and took it away on holiday last week to watch dvds, and a series bought from amazon video. Sadly the amazon video needed a later version of windows and i had problems installing both chrome and firefox (both came up with certificate errors) so we were unable to watch the series  :'(

Don't use the laptop much now as we have a w10 desktop and tablets, but not sure it is worth upgrading. Seems a shame though as it was quite an expensive laptop when we bought it.
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Re: support for Windows XP, 7, Vista ending soon: alternatives ?
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 02:27 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Michael J on Tuesday 04 April 17 10:38 BST (UK)
Quote from: Nick_Ips on Tuesday 04 April 17 09:57 BST (UK)

Lol, that is funny and I'd never heard it before even if it is an old one  :)

But you missed one out... the much beloved Windows ME.  And I use 'beloved' in a very loose way  ;D

Also Windows CE, which was 'designed for including or embedding in mobile and other space-constrained devices'.

When MS were having lots of problems with Windows continually crashing some wag suggested they should combine three of their operating systems to make one with rock-solid performance - Windows CE-ME-NT . . . . .

 ;D ;D ;D I'll tell that to my son!
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