What to do with an ole Vista/OS laptop?
The DH got tired of the slooow quirky Vista on her laptop, and it is probably 5 years old, so we replaced it with a new Dell Windows7. OK, that works well, but I'm wondering if I can put the old HP to...
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RoyB wrote:
Just a heads up on the Windows XP OS. We are hearing Microsoft will stop making updates available for the Windows XP OS the middle of next year.
My whole setup here is Windows XP based. It works well for all I do with my computers and software I have here at home and bring along with me for my RV trips.
I use the same DELL M90 Workstation Laptop and have it plugged into a docking station at home or remove the laptop and plug it into a similar docking station setup in my RV trailer. I hardly see any difference using the same Laptop for both places... The only difference is really just the speed of the connections. I use high speed cable connections at home and Verizon MIFI 3GB dataplan connections on the road.
Using the docking station I can't remember when I have opened the lid on the laptop haha... The DELL docking station connects to external monitors, keyboards, multiple USB hardrives and other accessories items I have at both places. All I do is just move the DELL M90 workstation laptop between them.
I will probably upgrade my same DELL M90 Workstation laptops to Windows 7 OS when the security updates stops coming.
Just passing along how my computer usage is done with my RV trips.
Roy Ken
Keep an eye out for Microsoft to pull back on discontinuing XP support next year. An computer trade report this past week announced that Microsoft is seriously extending XP support because of the poor reception to Win 8 and the number of Windows users (particularly businesses) that are still using Win XP and will not upgrade to Win 8.
