Windows XP death date
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June 21, 2008 at 6:16 PM #37295
chrisColorado
Participantthe July 2008 issue of PCWorld Magazinesays:
“…XP is leaner, meaner, and less bloated than Vista. Despite the outcry from users, however, at press time Microsoft still planned to retire the OS[XP] on June 30, 2008.”*
That’s horrible. I hate Vista and the fact that XP is going away in 9 days isbad news to me.
I’ll stick with XP as long as I can and then maybe switch to Linux or (oh no!)a Mac.
For those PC people who are buying a new editing computer, you have 9 days.
*PC World Magazine, July 2008 issue; pg. 92, right column
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June 21, 2008 at 7:28 PM #165181
Aspyrider
ParticipantWhen I bought my Dell a couple of months ago I specified XP pro be put on it. Not sad in the least. Even if they don’t support it I’ll still use it.
j
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June 23, 2008 at 7:06 PM #165182
Anonymous
Inactivewonder how much the market for xp is going to go up at sites like ebay…
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June 23, 2008 at 7:20 PM #165183
D0n
Participantmaybe, it will be a murder-suicide, and it’ll take out vista before it goes…..
lol!
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June 24, 2008 at 11:47 AM #165184
Anonymous
InactiveDon’t despair too much. Plenty of stores will still sell XP, and you can always try to find legal copies on eBay.
Viva ‘le XP
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June 26, 2008 at 8:39 PM #165185
Anonymous
InactiveI’ve heard Vista sucks ass.
I’m currently using XP. How many gigabytes would a 45 minute video take up on my hard drive for editing purposes? I have a 70 gigabyte setup now and have about half of it filled up.
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June 26, 2008 at 10:11 PM #165186
Anonymous
InactiveMaverick, when working with dv files, a typical hour of dv avi is 13 gig. From what I gather from your post, you have one hard drive. I advise you to get a dedicated drive for your video files, do not capture to your system drive that contains the operating system and programs.
John
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June 26, 2008 at 11:02 PM #165187
Anonymous
InactiveWonderful idea. Thanks for the tip.
How big of a dedicated hard drive should I consider for video editing and file storage? Does the size of the drive have any effect on editing speed and ease of use? I’d rather not be hamstrung by a slow system that’s on overload in case I underestimate my needs.
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June 27, 2008 at 3:04 AM #165188
Anonymous
InactiveI don’t get why Vista is so bad. I switched from XP to Vista and really didn’t notice much of a difference.(Other than the look of it). Anyways, goodbye XP.
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June 27, 2008 at 3:12 AM #165189
Anonymous
InactiveI don’t get why Vista is so bad. I switched from XP to Vista and really didn’t notice much of a difference.(Other than the look of it). Anyways, goodbye XP.
I don’t mind Vista as much as I’d thought that I would – when my XP system died, I went out and switched to Mac for a while, when I needed a PC for work, I went with Vista – but I will say that it’s nowhere near as stable as XP (something I miss)
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June 28, 2008 at 3:57 AM #165190
Rob
ParticipantMaverick,
I was once told by a teacher, “I don’t fill up my hard drives more than half it’s capacity because then it’s only working half as good.”
Hard drives are so cheap these days. I got a 250GB LaCie in 2005 for $250. Now, you can get a 1TB hard drive for like, $300. Just get a bunch of hard drive space.
If you want a good investment, buy some RAM for your computer. I’ve got 5GB in mine. Works seamlessly with DV. Haven’t used HD yet though.
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