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"You want to update XP so it can run with new hardware? Go for it." - I would really like to see a version I could use with 2013-14 MacBook Pro/Air. I have a M

"You want to update XP so it can run with new hardware? Go for it." - I would really like to see a version I could use with 2013-14 MacBook Pro/Air. I have a MacBook Pro 2007 multi-booting XP, 7, Ubuntu, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11. Surprisingly, XP is the OS I use most frequently on that laptop, by choice. I got some old HP laptops running XP for the homestay family kids, and have been playing network games and chatting with Escargot MSN. Windows XP still supports 16 bit DOS games. If the Luna theme seems childish, it's even more appropriate for young people using computers for the first time. Buttons have icons, which is easier when you're 6 and can't read quickly. I hope this source code can allow me to boot XP natively on my main laptop, so I don't have to carry around another computer just for compatibility.

MayeulC 6y ago
> I hope this source code can allow me to boot XP natively on my main laptop, so I don't have to carry around another computer just for compatibility. In my experience, Windows XP runs fine on relatively modern hardware. The biggest offender is generally storage drivers (AHCI). You can download a driver and re-pack the installer with it. Note that I haven't tried this in a long time, it might not be practical anymore. But with today's HW-assisted virtualization, you could just boot it in qemu or any other accelerated virtual machine, and you couldn't tell the difference.
- hilbert42 6y ago
  'In my experience, Windows XP runs fine on relatively modern hardware.' How modern? And what hardware models? Was the newer hardware Win 7 compatible or later? I wish you'd be more specific and tell us how as it's never worked for me even after mucking about with different PC hardware and various different AHCI and other drivers.
  - MayeulC 6y ago
    I'll try again soon. I definitely remember running it on: - Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon E5472, DDR2. Old-ish (the xeon came out in 2010), but I used that system as my main until 2018 -- though with Linux. - Samsung N220 (or quite similar) netbook. That thing originally came out with Win7 starter, and was a slog with it. A cursory search ("Ryzen XP") gives plenty of results: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/installing-windows-xp-on-am4-ryzen-7.414683/page-2#post-5541896 https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/installing-windows-xp-on-a... https://community.hwbot.org/topic/189776-xp-works-on-ryzen/ https://community.hwbot.org/topic/189776-xp-works-on-ryzen/ Though by now ReactOS might be better supported, especially on modern HW.
    - hilbert42 6y ago
      Thanks for the info. I'll check that out. I wouldn't hold my breath with ReactOS. It seems to me there's so few developing it that it'll never reach critical mass. Shame really, as alternative non-MS O/S that runs x86/64 Win APIs would be useful.

MayeulC 6y ago

> I hope this source code can allow me to boot XP natively on my main laptop, so I don't have to carry around another computer just for compatibility. In my experience, Windows XP runs fine on relatively modern hardware. The biggest offender is generally storage drivers (AHCI). You can download a driver and re-pack the installer with it. Note that I haven't tried this in a long time, it might not be practical anymore. But with today's HW-assisted virtualization, you could just boot it in qemu or any other accelerated virtual machine, and you couldn't tell the difference.

hilbert42 6y ago
'In my experience, Windows XP runs fine on relatively modern hardware.' How modern? And what hardware models? Was the newer hardware Win 7 compatible or later? I wish you'd be more specific and tell us how as it's never worked for me even after mucking about with different PC hardware and various different AHCI and other drivers.
- MayeulC 6y ago
  I'll try again soon. I definitely remember running it on: - Intel Core 2 Quad and Xeon E5472, DDR2. Old-ish (the xeon came out in 2010), but I used that system as my main until 2018 -- though with Linux. - Samsung N220 (or quite similar) netbook. That thing originally came out with Win7 starter, and was a slog with it. A cursory search ("Ryzen XP") gives plenty of results: https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/installing-windows-xp-on-am4-ryzen-7.414683/page-2#post-5541896 https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/installing-windows-xp-on-a... https://community.hwbot.org/topic/189776-xp-works-on-ryzen/ https://community.hwbot.org/topic/189776-xp-works-on-ryzen/ Though by now ReactOS might be better supported, especially on modern HW.
  - hilbert42 6y ago
    Thanks for the info. I'll check that out. I wouldn't hold my breath with ReactOS. It seems to me there's so few developing it that it'll never reach critical mass. Shame really, as alternative non-MS O/S that runs x86/64 Win APIs would be useful.