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Google and Apple actually update their browsers, though. I don't think there would be as much concern if IE8 on XP automatically updated to IE11.
by bluthru 13y ago
Google and Apple actually update their browsers, though. I don't think there would be as much concern if IE8 on XP automatically updated to IE11.
- shanselman 13y agoYa, XP doesn't update as XP is a 12 year old operating system and not supported. My Windows 7 machine just updated to IE11.
- bluthru 13y agoMozilla and Google offer update browsers for XP. Why can't MS do that with their own codebase?
- shanselman 13y agoMy GUESS - They choose not to. It's a 12 year old OS. That's old.
- dragontamer 13y agoI'd like to see a PPC iMac update to Safari. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMac_G5 I mean, dear god. WindowsXP is OLDER than PowerPC iMacs. And people expect Microsoft to support it for free? Where the hell is my iMac G5 support? Oh yeah, thats right. Its in the trash. When Apple declared the PowerPC (or was it Mortorola?) dead, and switched over to x86 Machines.
- DrewRWx 13y agoActually, Apple transitioned from Motorola 68k to PowerPC in the mid-90s and the 2000s transition from PowerPC to x86 was their second successful transition.
- astrodust 13y agoNot just PowerPC, they've declared IA-32 dead as well, moving to x86-64. Keep in mind Safari is not a critical part of OS X and can be deleted without affecting anything.