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- Oct 25, 2012
how many people are still using XP and why dual boot welcome.
I currently run Win7 32bit i'm looking for the 64bit.
XP has incredibly low resource usage, but yes it is getting old and many games don't support it anymore. The low resource usage of XP can almost be reached on W7 X64 (Which is what I run) by disabling a lot of garbagey bloat services (notably Superfetch)
Windows 7 is a valid and true successor to XP, and should be embraced, however, Windows 8 should basically be burned at the stake.
The whole Microsoft ending update services thing won't really affect many people who run XP, as I've found its security holes really don't exist but are largely ingrained in the mind of one who uses not-so-safe internet browsing habits. In schools, businesses, etc where XP is employed (and whose owners are not open to upgrading thousands of machines) shouldn't really worry either as internet censoring programs restrict the 'bad websites' and the spectre of viruses grows less perilous.