(11-24-2017, 09:52 AM)mothered Wrote:

(11-24-2017, 07:24 AM)xlz0CPP Wrote: The laptop's processor doesn't support 64bit operations, otherwise I already would've had it installed.

I enjoy Windows 7 the most, to be honest, but I caved / conformed and on my newer laptop's I installed Windows 10.

The thing that excites me the most about XP is the exploitability. 70-80% (Completely made-up number, no facts to prove it) of Windows exploits  can be used on Windows XP. It's just fun to bootup a VM and fuck shit up.

Fair enough with your CPU not supporting the 64 bit architecture. My offer of XP was/Is there In case of need.

Every OS Is exploitable, some more so than others. For testing and customization purposes, I also ran XP on a VM , namely Virtual PC 2007 back then. Nowadays, given my CPU well and truly supports SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) Inclusive of the edition of Windows, I use the native VM being Hyper-V and VMware Workstation on other lappies.

On your Windows 10 machines, what specs are they running?

(11-24-2017, 01:02 PM)Jiggly Wrote: I can barely remember using XP the short periods of time I did (I was rather young back then). When it came out, it was good for what it was. Nowadays, ofc, we have far better. I also really miss windows 7, but conformed to win10 on my main machine too xD

(11-24-2017, 10:21 PM)xlz0CPP Wrote:

(11-24-2017, 01:02 PM)Jiggly Wrote: I can barely remember using XP the short periods of time I did (I was rather young back then). When it came out, it was good for what it was. Nowadays, ofc, we have far better. I also really miss windows 7, but conformed to win10 on my main machine too xD

Yeah, makes sense. I think that's the case with a lot of people.

And Windows 7 is my favorite. I only conformed because of the laptop.

(11-24-2017, 10:19 PM)xlz0CPP Wrote: One laptop doesn't work, but my main laptop just has a AMD A8 APU. Came with windows 8, so, mostly modern but not "the latest and greatest." Nothing to brag about but I got it for free.

WindowsXP is known for being the worst of the bunch when it comes to exploitability, that's all I meant.

(11-25-2017, 03:50 AM)mothered Wrote:

(11-24-2017, 10:19 PM)xlz0CPP Wrote: One laptop doesn't work, but my main laptop just has a AMD A8 APU. Came with windows 8, so, mostly modern but not "the latest and greatest." Nothing to brag about but I got it for free.

WindowsXP is known for being the worst of the bunch when it comes to exploitability, that's all I meant.

Provided the lappy Is stable and responsive and fulfills your computing needs, that's all that matters. I now see your point with Windows XP and exploitation.

I actually still have a backup on my external of my emails (from around 15 years ago), when I was using XP's native email client/mail handler being Outlook Express. They're saved In It's default DBX file format. I'll fire up my VM and check them out. It'll be Interesting see what I was up to back then on a day-to-day basis.

(11-25-2017, 09:59 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: I never liked XP. Its clunky and ugly.

(11-26-2017, 02:26 AM)mothered Wrote:

(11-25-2017, 09:59 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: I never liked XP. Its clunky and ugly.

Just as a matter of Interest, what OS were you running then?

I'd assume Linux-based.

(11-26-2017, 02:28 AM)Skullmeat Wrote:

(11-26-2017, 02:26 AM)mothered Wrote:

(11-25-2017, 09:59 PM)Skullmeat Wrote: I never liked XP. Its clunky and ugly.

Just as a matter of Interest, what OS were you running then?

I'd assume Linux-based.

Windows 10

(11-26-2017, 02:39 AM)mothered Wrote:

(11-26-2017, 02:28 AM)Skullmeat Wrote:

(11-26-2017, 02:26 AM)mothered Wrote: Just as a matter of Interest, what OS were you running then?

I'd assume Linux-based.

Windows 10

"Then", as In back In the days of when Windows XP was released.