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[UXGaurav]

This is the unofficial drivers he's talking about I think (the ones from Benchmark3D forum). The official AMD drivers continue to support Windows XP. The unofficial drivers were started because AMD isn't going to do monthly releases. The unofficial ones won't also be WHQL certified.

[King Mustard]

togermano, on 22 June 2012 - 23:22, said:

Someone who likes to play older games as well as new ones? I am not aware of a game that requires windows 7 to play it.

I remember there being a game that required vista when it came out but that company quickly went bankrupt :lol:

1) If you did indeed have a HD 7970, you'll want to be be playing DX10 and DX11 games. These are Vista/7 only.
2) I presume you're referring to Halo 2 for Vista, which was Vista-only - and I don't think Microsoft/Bungie went bankrupt...

You really are clueless, mate

[Mike Frett]

I call bs since we just put ~50,000 XP computers online last week alone. Just a little refurb project for poor folk, if you need to know; I've mentioned it before. And no it's not pirated. And anyway, XP still has until 2014 you guys can 'wish' all you want too and pull polls and graphs out your ass all you want too.

[warwagon]

Mike Frett, on 23 June 2012 - 09:17, said:

I call bs since we just put ~50,000 XP computers online last week alone. Just a little refurb project for poor folk, if you need to know; I've mentioned it before. And no it's not pirated. And anyway, XP still has until 2014 you guys can 'wish' all you want too and pull polls and graphs out your ass all you want too.

Cool. I agree. use XP while it's still support. It's still usefull for pretty much everything but DX 10 / 11 games. So what are those poor people going to do with their XP machines in 2 years?

[funkydude]

This alone should show how much nonsense StatCounter is.
http://www.netmarket...=10&qpcustomd=0
Looks far more realistic...

Yet people swear by the gods that StatCounter is better for measuring browser share.

[Hum]

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So what are those poor people going to do with their XP machines in 2 years?

Keep on using them.

The computer isn't going to self-destruct.

[Ci7]

funkydude, on 24 June 2012 - 00:36, said:

This alone should show how much nonsense StatCounter is.
http://www.netmarket...=10&qpcustomd=0
Looks far more realistic...

Yet people swear by the gods that StatCounter is better for measuring browser share.

butthurt much, eh?

netmarketshare is the flawed.





http://en.wikipedia....imates_for_2011

[funkydude]

Ci7, on 24 June 2012 - 05:51, said:

butthurt much, eh?

Wait, what..?

Ci7, on 24 June 2012 - 05:51, said:

netmarketshare is the flawed.





http://en.wikipedia....imates_for_2011

Maybe I'm missing something, but how does what you've linked prove that it is flawed? Are you trying to say that Wikimedia is the central hub of internet visits? A site that isn't even accessible from all countries..

Did you actually bother to read the table on that page or just link the pie chart? Did you notice how Wikimedia can vary wildly from StatCounter percentages? >.<

[Ci7]

funkydude, on 24 June 2012 - 22:03, said:

Wait, what..?



Maybe I'm missing something, but how does what you've linked prove that it is flawed? Are you trying to say that Wikimedia is the central hub of internet visits? A site that isn't even accessible from all countries..

Did you actually bother to read the table on that page or just link the pie chart? Did you notice how Wikimedia can vary wildly from StatCounter percentages? >.<

if you checked the table in the link

you would notice XP share of netmarketshare is inflated compared to other sources




and also the pie above take account of non-desktop shares

iphone/ipad/Android

which statscounter show only desktop shares

which is the main difference

[funkydude]

Ci7, on 24 June 2012 - 22:43, said:

if you checked the table in the link
you would notice XP share of netmarketshare is inflated compared to other sources

You would also notice that StatCounter and Wikimedia also vary, ESPECIALLY for mobile by vast amounts. Again I ask what are you trying to prove? The data YOU brought forth proves that StatCounter is flawed.

Also, last I checked China didn't allow access to Wikipedia, something that NetMarketShare has explicitly stated they count. So again, the XP share makes more sense on NetMarketShare than Wikimedia.

Ci7, on 24 June 2012 - 22:43, said:

and also the pie above take account of non-desktop shares

Considering we're talking about desktops, how is that a good thing exactly..?

Ci7, on 24 June 2012 - 22:43, said:

which statscounter show only desktop shares
which is the main difference

Actually, StatCounter does have a mobile graph, but what does that have to do with this thread?

[Growled]

Hum, on 24 June 2012 - 01:05, said:

Keep on using them.

The computer isn't going to self-destruct.

Exactly. We even have a couple of folks on Windows 98 computers at work that refuses to change. Since they are very productive at what they do, and they aren't hurting anyone we let them be.

[rfirth]

Hum, on 24 June 2012 - 01:05, said:

Keep on using them.

The computer isn't going to self-destruct.

Growled, on 25 June 2012 - 00:16, said:

Exactly. We even have a couple of folks on Windows 98 computers at work that refuses to change. Since they are very productive at what they do, and they aren't hurting anyone we let them be.

There is no way I'd want to be using Windows XP in late 2014 after support ends, and there is no way I would want to be using Windows 98 today. If not for the fact that they are ancient (how many people use Mac OS 8, 9, 10.0, 10.1 today? ), the security implications are terrifying.

You'd be a sitting duck with clipped wings and broken legs in a shooting range.

[warwagon]

rfirth, on 25 June 2012 - 00:25, said:

There is no way I would want to be using Windows 98 today. If not for the fact that they are ancient (how many people use Mac OS 8, 9, 10.0, 10.1 today? ), the security implications are terrifying.

You'd be a sitting duck with clipped wings and broken legs in a shooting range.

Except for the fact that windows 98 is so old nobody is attacking it anymore, and all the zero days probably aren't even compatible with it.

[TRC]

You Windows sheep make me laugh. Get a real OS.