Crank Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/03/08/windows-xp-it-time-to-say-good-bye/?intcmp=obnetwork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Or time to switch to MAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/03/08/windows-xp-it-time-to-say-good-bye/?intcmp=obnetwork They have extended the security updates to July, 2015. Not that it matters for anyone using ATX. We must have Win 7. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Windows 7 replaced XP and Vista around 2008/2009 so if you are still using XP your computer is considered ancient in todays computer standards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry D EA Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Yes, I have one of those considered ancient computers. However, the thing is going strong. I use it as a work machine for spreadsheets, e-mail, and among many other things. I just hate to replace it. But.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 How many people using XP are driving a car from the 70"s?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry D EA Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 It wouldn't matter to me what year the car was from if it was indeed a good car and still providing good service. Got your point. I don't use the old machine for tax prep for obvious reasons. The old machine will be put to rest at the end of this season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 It's one thing to keep an old machine for old programs, but stop the email when MS stops the security updates. Don't use an XP machine to access the internet, connect to your WiFi, etc. Use it as strictly stand-alone without it reaching out to anything. Connect it to your printer via hard wire. The techies can put it in the right language for us. My old XP is sitting in my techie's workshop, not working due to hardware failures; but we've yet to destroy the hard drive in case I think of one more thing I need to get from it. After tax season we'll give it a decent burial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack from Ohio Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Maybe a better analogy would be: How many XP users still have a black and white TV or a rotary phone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abby Normal Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 3 of my 4 workstations are XP and I haven't hadn't any problems. My server/workstation is 8.1 and zero problems as well. We will be upgrading XP machines AFTER tax season. We were too busy to deal with it last fall. XP was the first OS that didn't freeze several times a day so many of us remember it fondly. But having worked with 8 for over a year, I hate when I'm on one of my XP computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Maybe a better analogy would be: How many XP users still have a black and white TV or a rotary phone? Nah, I think you still a few decades off. XP was released 10/25/2001, and it's just now, in 2014, becoming unsupported. I'm still rockin a flip phone, because I just want a PHONE, my car is a 2004 Tahoe, my farm truck is a 1998 Z71 with 200,000 miles, my TV looks hideous from the side cause it's as deep as it is wide, but I'm not throwing it out while it works, plus it's in a nice cabinet (made of wood born prior to 2001 even) so nobody has to be offended, and I still have clothes in my closet from 2001. True story. Not ashamed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneInAlabama Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Drake works fine on XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Drake works fine on XP. Yes, that's what I hear. ATX 2012 and ATX 2013 don't, so I got me a super duper computer Feb 2013 to accommodate them. And, I gotta say, I hate Windows 7, and MS Office How-Much-Crap-Can-We-Put-on-Here-to-Drive-Rita-Crazy. I really don't want a sexy tax program or spreadsheet. I'm a simple person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm the only one that does not procastinate when it comes to technology? I've been on my own going on my six years now, I have gone through two computers so far, three printers and I have my third computer on it's way, and cell phones too. I will not talk about my car, it may be a but it gets me from point A to point B. Lets focus on business use machines, not personal use computers, that can be another discussion on it's own, computers that run your business application software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I agree with you, Rita.I still like Office 97 for speed and functionality of Excel.At least you don't have to click on two or three icons to do a simple task.Good grief, it's a spreadsheet!There are just too many bells & whistles on the later versions.As for Windows and associated hassles, I'm becoming more and more happy about the changeover to Mac. I think I'm going to keep moving in that direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I agree with you, Rita. I still like Office 97 for speed and functionality of Excel. At least you don't have to click on two or three icons to do a simple task. Good grief, it's a spreadsheet! There are just too many bells & whistles on the later versions. As for Windows and associated hassles, I'm becoming more and more happy about the changeover to Mac. I think I'm going to keep moving in that direction. How are you running your business programs on your Mac? As far I as know you still need windows to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I still like WordPerfect for ease of use! But, I went cold-turkey to MS around Office 2003. I'm on Office 2010, but don't know half the menu items. It takes so long to find things sometimes, especially when I'm at a client's site with Macs and their version of Office and then return home to my PC version. Same with QB where I have to upgrade when any client upgrades, and those same two clients use QB for Mac. Anybody make use of Office on their iPad? Or, QB on their iPad? Maybe I could get up to speed in the off season so I'm not so lost when at my Mac client's sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 How are you running your business programs on your Mac? As far I as know you still need windows to do so.I'm transitioning, so some things are still running on a PC. (Drake & QuickBooks, for example).But the Mac has several PC emulators, which I'm going to evaluate after tax season is over. Some are free, but I'm looking at one which costs $130 because it seems to offer the most seamless transition. I do think I need an emulator which doesn't require you to reboot.The MS Office program for Mac works exactly the same as the PC version. And I can switch flash drives from the Mac to the PC and back without taking any extra steps. So I'm already covered with Word & Excel. I don't use Power Point since Keynote is far superior to it. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised to see myself completely out of the PC market by summer, except of course for archival and legacy stuff.As time goes on, more and more software providers will find that they need to develop a Mac version or else lose a large segment of their market. I say this because the traffic is definitely flowing toward Mac, not away from it. After a month of using a Mac, I'm beginning to see why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaB Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Lets focus on business use machines, not personal use computers, that can be another discussion on it's own, computers that run your business application software. Yeah, you're right, I can't fight Peachtree, either. Even though the forced updates do nothing to enhance my life. It's like updating a Math textbook. Was there a new discovery? No, but we like selling software, so get with the program. And operating system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Every time I see the title to this thread, I seem to feel an irresistible urge to start singing an Andrea Bocelli/Sarah Brightman song and mixing English & Italian. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I'm transitioning, so some things are still running on a PC. (Drake & QuickBooks, for example). But the Mac has several PC emulators, which I'm going to evaluate after tax season is over. Some are free, but I'm looking at one which costs $130 because it seems to offer the most seamless transition. I do think I need an emulator which doesn't require you to reboot. The MS Office program for Mac works exactly the same as the PC version. And I can switch flash drives from the Mac to the PC and back without taking any extra steps. So I'm already covered with Word & Excel. I don't use Power Point since Keynote is far superior to it. All in all, I wouldn't be surprised to see myself completely out of the PC market by summer, except of course for archival and legacy stuff. As time goes on, more and more software providers will find that they need to develop a Mac version or else lose a large segment of their market. I say this because the traffic is definitely flowing toward Mac, not away from it. After a month of using a Mac, I'm beginning to see why. It's never going to happened, no window base software developer is going to reinvent the wheel, lets use ATX 2012 & 2013 as an example, it had many problems just changing the design within Windows O/S, picture what would happened if they changed operating systems. Apple is very happy with it's market share already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Well, they already did it with Office.Wonder why they made an exception there?(I'm thinking someone saw the handwriting on the wall).Nobody is ever happy with their market share - at least not if they want to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.