Moving from Windows XP

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Hi all,

I read the blog entry named “Moving from Windows XP”. The entry let the reader believe other persons are reluctant to leave Windows XP. I do not know why they want to stay with XP, but here’s my reason why I stay with it:

I do not have any state of soul to leave Windows XP, I just do not have money to buy an upgrade (8.1) box.

The price here (including taxes) for “Standard Windows 8.1”, is above two years of Xojo Desktop Upgrade.

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So the answer is simple: stay with Xojo 2013r4.1

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Yes, you are right Christophe.

Read Deprecations in Xojo 2014 Release 1.

But, why do I stay with Xojo 2013r4.1 while I have a plan that ends in 2014 (March 31st I think) ?

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How old is Windows XP? It’s from 2001. That was the time of Mac OS 9.

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Maybe an opportunity to get into Linux? Not really my bag but could be the answer to your ‘problem’

Give Ubuntu a whirl, nothing to lose…

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I get it with a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop I buy while my iBook (laptop) was on repair. I never really use it excepted when my Mac laptop was on repair (happens some times in years).

I may have used it during a year on the 11 I own it…

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[quote=62666:@Patrick Delaney]Maybe an opportunity to get into Linux? Not really my bag but could be the answer to your ‘problem’

Give Ubuntu a whirl, nothing to lose…[/quote]
Last time I tried to install a linux on VirtualBox, it was a nightmare (to install, then it was slow as hell).
The time before it was doom upon my head (!).

Thanks for your answers.

BTW: I wanted to add an information to the debate.

At last, I may have to buy a cheap portable PC if my current MacBook Pro have hardware failure (to have a computer while it is on repair); at that moment, I will have Windows 8.1… (or 2 or…) included.

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Really…

I find linux very straightforward to install - that’s the easy part :wink: . It’s just a GUI installer really.

Don’t know when you last tried linux but give it a go could be the answer.

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[quote=62691:@Patrick Delaney]Really…

I find linux very straightforward to install - that’s the easy part :wink: . It’s just a GUI installer really.

Don’t know when you last tried linux but give it a go could be the answer.[/quote]

Especially now that live disks are commonplace, Linux has never been so easy :slight_smile:

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[quote=62658:@Emile Schwarz]

I read the blog entry named “Moving from Windows XP”. The entry let the reader believe other persons are reluctant to leave Windows XP. [/quote]
Mostly because MS is going to stop providing security updates

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Not sure when Xojo 2014r1 will be released but my wild guess is somewhere in march.
So if you manage to have a license for Xojo 2014r1, I suggest using that version to code and use Xojo 2013r4.1 for compiling a release.