Posts by waffler

Some smart meters won't be smart at all once 2/3G networks mothballed

It's almost like they want older folk to freeze to death caused by panic from the smart meter displays. I too removed the display unit and she now heats her house again.

Google to axe IE 8 support, cuts off Windows XP lifeline

Re: Seriously?

Why should I throw away my existing computers and buy new ones (Windows 7 is too large and slow to run on my existing PCs)? What a waste of resources. I can do what I need to do with what I have, I don't need to have the latest and greatest in this throw away society.

Microsoft: MED-V won't help you escape WinXP end-of-life

Re: $40 upgrade

Most of those whose computers I look after don't use Norton or similar but a free AV that I installed for them. I somewhat doubt their PCs will be able to run Win 8 in any decent fashion being as they prob don't have enough memory. Older folk don't see why they should throw away a perfectly functioning PC just because.

What about the millions of home users who have XP machines that are working fine. They aren't going to fork out for an upgrade to win 7 or 8 for that matter. Looks like I'll be migrating all my customers to Linux then!