nsane.forums Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 I recently expressed a lack of surprise that Internet Explorer 9 will almost certainly not be supported on Windows XP. In Redmond's words, a "modern browser" needs a "modern operating system," and Windows XP doesn't qualify. Much to my surprise (well, not really, I know that XP is still used and, apparently, loved by many), many doubted my characterization of XP as "obsolete," and they questioned my lack of surprise at this decision.Simple things first. Windows XP is not a new operating system. Windows XP was released in 2001, and it has been succeeded by not one, but two newer operating systems: Windows Vista, and Windows 7. The other major desktop platform vendor—Apple—doesn't even begin to support anything that old, and the company routinely restricts its software compatibility to only the most recent version or two of its operating system. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 5, 2010 Share Posted April 5, 2010 Who cares about IE9 when there's a lot of browsers to choose from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRiM Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Exactly, Who cares about shitty IE anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 @GRiM:I guess M$ is still hoping for miracles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamHaters Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 @Bizarre They better start praying. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 @DreamHaters:Indeed... but I doubt they will get any divine providence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 It's like anything else in this fast-paced world; you either embrace change or get left behind. I don't think Microsoft should be supporting their old OSes anyway. I'd much rather see them dedicate time and money to making sure W7 is stable and tweaked in the here and now. Which reminds me: I need to donate my bell-bottom jeans, parachute pants, rock concert t-shirts and clogs to charity today. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedpedal Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 It's like anything else in this fast-paced world; you either embrace change or get left behind. I don't think Microsoft should be supporting their old OSes anyway. I'd much rather see them dedicate time and money to making sure W7 is stable and tweaked in the here and now. Which reminds me: I need to donate my bell-bottom jeans, parachute pants, rock concert t-shirts and clogs to charity today. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedpedal Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 They might want to re-think (Microsoft) on not supporting XP IE9. There are Thousands and thousands of XP machines out there, not everyone will dump perfectly good machines and OSes just to ramp up Microsoft's bottom line. Oh yes Vista was supposed to be so great, well that went by the wayside quickly, now we have Windows 7. . . even more problems! Someday soon Microsoft will be getting it's head out of the clouds too. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
java Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 In M$ cultures, new products almost equal to new bugs coming to town (jingle ~)They don't wanna to get fxxk to destruct their longlife image from their l o n g l i f e product, it seems that they still have nature divine characteristic. cccc~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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