Re: How does this change ANYTHING?
>Obviously, the real security problems begin when the third-party AV suites start dropping support for XP.
And the real connectivity problems begin when the third-party browsers (ie. Chrome/Firefox/Maxthon etc.) stop being updated for XP and websites no longer support access from older browsers, just as they are increasingly doing for IE8.
But then with no supported browser, XP will effectively become a standalone machine and hence very secure...