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At the mo' I am using Win XP Pro SP2, with Firefox, Opera, and Internet Explorer 8, as my Internet Browsers....

...so, I thought, "what about installing the latest; IE9 Browser".... :)...

...until I read this...>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/16 ... indows_xp/

No further support for we; Win XP, 32-bit, DX9c,

If only Microsoft would start making "better" stuff, instead of more stuff.. And I hate Bing with a passion. We are being steered in the direction MS wants to send us and I'm beginning to resent that.

I don't intend to start using IE9. Sticking with firefox. Under all the fancy mods, it's still the IE we all know and hate. 

Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP.

[quote]Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP.

I moved straight from Windows '98 to Windows XP, then added SP2 to it.
I run it in "Classic Mode", (Win '98), and find it simple, uncomplicated, and generally problem-free, compared to the reports of the Windows versions which followed it.
...and, very importantly, all my various (old) programs which I use daily, are written for it!

Internet Explorer (8), I find, runs very "sluggish" compared to Mozilla Firefox.
Sometimes I have to swap Browsers to get certain programs to run successfully....eg: Videos, etc... ...!

Paul.

[quote]Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP.

I am always reluctant to spend loadsamoney on a very expensive Windows Operating System "up-grade?".... ....
...when what I REALLY want, is a new Motherboard/Processor/Graphics Card/Memory/Blonde Flight Attendant, etc, etc.... ...!

Paul...G-BPLF..FS 2004...FS Nav...Win XP Pro...and a spare seat... ...!

[quote][quote]Sadly, MS seems to enjoy shooting themselves in the foot. While I didn't read the whole article (probably should), but after reading the first line alone, you just "know" how it will turn out.

"Microsoft has ruled out putting Internet Explorer 9 on Windows XP, leaving millions of PCs open to Mozilla and Google browsers providing hardware-accelerated rich-internet."

What follows is ONLY MY OPINION!!!

You'd think at some point, Microsoft would realize that there might be a reason so many people are sticking with XP.

I understand IE 9 was designed for is for use with Win 7 only. My computer guru has a public beta copy of it on both his machines. He says he tried it on one (some super-duper alienware monster) and liked it so much he put it on his second machine. He says I should go with it, too. I'll wait until he thrashes it a bit before I take the plunge.