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Why do I still use Windows XP? Because Microsoft charges too much for Windows-8. Right now I am running XP in virtual box on my Linux workstation, and everythin
by jostmey 13y ago
Why do I still use Windows XP? Because Microsoft charges too much for Windows-8. Right now I am running XP in virtual box on my Linux workstation, and everything works fine. Why would I pay to upgrade to Windows-8 knowing that I might have trouble installing Windows-8 in virtualbox. There is no point.
- Touche 13y agoJust curious, why are you using XP in a vm instead of just using Linux?
- eli 13y agoHow else do you test on IE?
- Touche 13y agoAh, ok. I use browserstack, but I see your point.
- eli 13y agoMicrosoft actually offers VMs for testing various incarnations of IE. They can be kind of a hassle (I think the Win 8 based ones are timebombed and you have to periodically download a new VM), but they work and are free & legal. http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools
- fournm 13y agohttp://modern.ie/ http://modern.ie/ ? Microsoft's got VMs for almost every IE/OS combination you could want. Edit: meaning, why are you limiting yourself to just XP. I realize that was unclear.
- ams6110 13y agoYou can't test current IE (beyond IE 9?) on XP.
- eli 13y agoRight, and you can't test IE older than 9 on XP... so you need at least two VMs depending on your requirements. I still see a fair bit of traffic on IE8.
- jodrellblank 13y agoIf you have no use for Windows 8 that makes it worth buying, and no problem with running an unsupported OS, why are you even commenting?
- PhasmaFelis 13y agoHi, welcome to a Hacker News comment thread! This is the place where we talk amongst ourselves about news stories.