There's no reason to stay on XP if
I have Win 10 or 11 on any PC that I use that's newer than 2012 or so.
But I tried it out on some late 2000s machines that let me install it, which then just ran slow as hell and pretty much became useless, constantly updating and just bogged down.
And then I have a couple even older machines, with less RAM and HDD space, that work great with XP, that I only use to run Windows MAME 0.37 which has a GUI and runs everything great and is actually BETTER than modern MAME for a lot of games. An XP laptop is great for dedicating to a retro arcade cabinet!
Finally, there are a bunch of useful applications which run on XP but don't on newer versions of Windows, which would be expensive to buy current versions for (or for which Win 10+ comparible versions don't exist). If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
But as far as QB64 is concerned, my interest in XP was to see if I could use it for a dedicated machine to run a game in an arcade cabinet.
- You use it for the Internet
- Your computer is remotely modern
I have Win 10 or 11 on any PC that I use that's newer than 2012 or so.
But I tried it out on some late 2000s machines that let me install it, which then just ran slow as hell and pretty much became useless, constantly updating and just bogged down.
And then I have a couple even older machines, with less RAM and HDD space, that work great with XP, that I only use to run Windows MAME 0.37 which has a GUI and runs everything great and is actually BETTER than modern MAME for a lot of games. An XP laptop is great for dedicating to a retro arcade cabinet!
Finally, there are a bunch of useful applications which run on XP but don't on newer versions of Windows, which would be expensive to buy current versions for (or for which Win 10+ comparible versions don't exist). If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
But as far as QB64 is concerned, my interest in XP was to see if I could use it for a dedicated machine to run a game in an arcade cabinet.