Re: Win 8 v. Win 7

[Raphael rtennenbaum@xxxxxxxx]

I agree there is a very, very good chance you won't have any problems,
that is absolutely irrefutable. countless blind people cross busy
thoroughfares every day without incident.


on the other hand, the other night I was chatting with a web developer
who casually referred to XP as "the greatest botnet in history waiting
to happen." you pays your money!


On 03/07/2014 09:34 AM, Paul Breeze wrote:
> Dear Raphael
>
> I should say nonsense was a matter of opinion. I ran Windows 2000 for
> years after it was out of date with no ill effects. I was eventually
> forced to upgrade because of limitations running new software.
> Otherwise I might still be using it. Personally I am firmly of the
> opinion that good habits and reasonable third party security apps
> (virus and firewall) should be perfectly adequate. I am running XP now
> and have no intention of upgrading unless forced to again.
>
>
> Paul
>
> On 07/03/2014 13:45, Raphael wrote:
> > On 03/07/2014 04:32 AM, Kari Eveli wrote:
> > > That said, how serious the threat is depends largely on your computing
> > > habits. If you are very careful when surfing and use a good anti-virus
> > > solution and a possibly a firewall, you could continue using XP with
> > > reasonable tranquillity. One possible solution would be to use a
> > > "safe-surfing application" as the one in COMODO Internet Security
> > > (even free edition).
> >
> > nonsense.
> >
> > http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends.aspx