re: #91 ShanghaiEd

I’m always impressed by the amount of computer expertise here. Scary, how far behind I’ve gotten after being a “first adopter” in the Stone Age.

A quick question, for any and all: I am more happy with XP than I have been with any Windows OS, ever. Maybe luck, but still. How long can I theoretically use XP before it becomes a drawback? My needs are very low-tech…word processing, Web, family photos, audio editing in Audition, and that’s about it. No 3-D graphics or games.

Thanks for any advice! (PS: My 80-year-old mom’s replacement computer came with Vista, and it’s almost impenetrable to me. Like a foreign language. Whenever my XP-ability dies, I would love to leap to 7 or whatever without spending another minute of my life on Vista. Is that workable?)

I have an XP machine on my desk at work that we put into service in 2003 or 2004. It still runs great. You might run out of hard drive first. As for the Win 7 upgrade, I have not used Win 7 yet, but it’s going to be a lot more like Vista than XP, but more secure and efficient (again, second-hand knowledge, here).