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I bought an XP laptop 4.5 years ago, not 13 years ago. This 13 years that people keep mentioning is a red herring.
by jonathansizz 13y ago
I bought an XP laptop 4.5 years ago, not 13 years ago. This 13 years that people keep mentioning is a red herring.
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- gareim 13y agoShould have not bought an obsolete product. Assuming you wanted to use that laptop for ~4 years, did you really want to lock in with a laptop running an outdated OS with so many security holes? If you wanted XP for your job, might as well have gotten a Windows 7 machine (or Vista if 7 wasn't exactly out then, since your timeline places you near the release date) and ran XP on VirtualBox.
- jonathansizz 13y agoI just use it for web browsing, email and presentations. I'll be switching to Samsung's new Chromebook 2 next month.
- gareim 13y agoHey, nice! I have the first gen Chromebook and I think it was a great purchase. The only thing I don't like is that it stutters on YouTube/flash videos occasionally, but I think gen 2 might not have any problems with that. You can also look into the Acer C720 if you haven't already, as that one has an x86 processor (useful if you need a Linux distro with gcc) and is significantly cheaper.
- jonathansizz 13y agoI've been waiting for a Chromebook with good build quality, nice screen and decent internals (that doesn't cost $1300!), and it looks like the 13" Chromebook 2 will have all of those. The timing will also be perfect, considering XPs EOL.