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Hopefully, but I think the rate of change decreases over time. Increasingly, the computers left on XP will be computers that won't be updated. One example is
by jonlucc 13y ago
Hopefully, but I think the rate of change decreases over time. Increasingly, the computers left on XP will be computers that won't be updated. One example is the following: we have a computer in my lab we have several computers that are controlling lab equipment. They will not be upgraded, as the software won't work on any modern OS. Our option is to stop using tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment or unplug them from the wall.
- anonymfus 13y agoSometimes such problems could be solved by reverse engineering and binary patching such software.
- anigbrowl 13y agoWhich has a non-negligible cost. I'm thinking of dedicating an old laptop I have with XP to running some audio hardware, for which driver support ended with XP but which is otherwise in good working order. Of course I could find other products to replace it, but I'd rather use the money for something else.
- userbinator 13y agoI hope the rate of change decreases... but I think it's going the opposite way. We are generating enough e-waste as it is already without a mass trashing of otherwise perfectly working machines not powerful enough to run a newer OS. Each new CPU model released is already providing smaller and smaller improvements in performance. The day when hardware stops getting faster and bigger couldn't come soon enough; maybe that's when software will actually get more efficient and we'll finally realize what a wasteful approach we've been taking with software development for the past few decades...