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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Give me a Linux base machine and Virtualbox for my XP machine. No phone home, no perpetually relearning an interface...(unless I <want> to.)
Best of both worlds.
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Except if you need to run software that can't run in a VM, or needs things that XP does not support... you could of course upgrade your Windows once every 10 years or so. I fully intend to run this very Windows 7 x64 up to 2020 and beyond, on this very computer. It's perfectly possible to run a Windows version that long because it's supported for that timespan. And it'll also run VirtualBox for XP, and any Linux distribution you want.
On a new computer, buying Windows as OEM software, it is much cheaper than retail. I can spare a €120 every 5-10 years or so to keep up to date...
The point I do agree with, is changing the GUI because someone thinks it should change, with the sole reason of it being 3 years old. That's stupid.