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You’ll be able to keep using the XP PC, but you may have a hard time adding new software in the future, and Microsoft is going to stop supporting (like help desk) XP within the next year or 2. So, you’ll just be on your own. Eventually, that machine will likely conk out—like the hard drive fails—in which case you’ll probably be able to replace with “old” parts and reinstall your original software. If you’re happy with current versions of software you’ll likely be ok.<BR>
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On 8/21/13 10:06 AM, "Reuben Deumling" <<a href="9watts@gmail.com">9watts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 6:54 AM, sanjay jain <<a href="sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk">sanjayjainuk@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Yes, you are missing a big part of the picture. Most computers are replaced not due to any faulty part, but software issues (Alan's complaint about incompatibility is essentially a software issue). <BR>
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A lot of people on Craigslist/ebay are selling "refurbished" computers - that simply meant the OS was reinstalled.<BR>
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Right. So are you saying that the folks above who replace their computers because of software issues <U>have not had success reinstalling the OS</U>? I'm *not* savvy with computers, but feel like perhaps we're talking about two different approaches, different sets of priorities, here. <BR>
I'm running Office 2003 and Windows XP (Version 2002) on an IBM Thinkpad I bought used 6.5 years ago. It is my sole computer and I used it 3-8 hrs/day. Are you saying I can't expect to use this going forward because of X? <BR>
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Two words to get Alan ranting again: Planned Obselence<BR>
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I am familiar with that, yes. But it isn't in my experience an iron rule, just an unfortunate principle with plenty of work arounds, though perhaps fewer with computers than with mechanical objects.<BR>
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