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JSWolf · 12-30-2014, 11:55 PM

If Kobo is going with Qt5 for the Windows Desktop program, then they do not want to try to support XP and have a support nightmare.

Old software can run on newer hardware but not all newer software can run on obsolete hardware. Qt5 cannot run on old processors that are not up-to-date enough. A lot of XP instals are on such obsolete hardware and Kobo is correct in doing what was done with Calibre and Sigil. As I said before, there has been 5.5 years between the time Windows 7 was released and now. So I do not feel for anyone who is running obsolete hardware claiming poverty for why not upgrading. Save $10 a month and by now there would be enough $ to upgrade the hardware and OS.

12-30-2014, 11:55 PM	#24
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,935 Karma: 146918083 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If Kobo is going with Qt5 for the Windows Desktop program, then they do not want to try to support XP and have a support nightmare. Old software can run on newer hardware but not all newer software can run on obsolete hardware. Qt5 cannot run on old processors that are not up-to-date enough. A lot of XP instals are on such obsolete hardware and Kobo is correct in doing what was done with Calibre and Sigil. As I said before, there has been 5.5 years between the time Windows 7 was released and now. So I do not feel for anyone who is running obsolete hardware claiming poverty for why not upgrading. Save $10 a month and by now there would be enough $ to upgrade the hardware and OS.