[AccessD] Future of Windows XP

Hi Brad

In my experience Win7 - and probably Win8 also - for general office use runs
great on older hardware with Pentium 4+ processor and 2 GB ram. Generally,
Celeron is too slow and 1 GB ram is too little, but if a pc can't handle 2
GB ram it is very old and neither runs WinXP very well. This is indeed true
for Celeron equipped machines.

Access 2007+ runs fine on Win7+.

I guess no one really knows if security updates will be offered on a limited
scale for XP after April 2014.

/gustav

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Brad Marks
Sendt: 19. august 2013 21:08
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Emne: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP

All,

I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees) with a
very limited IT budget.

Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3).  There are
two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007 applications.

It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including
security updates) for XP in April of 2014.

My background is primarily in application development and database
administration.  In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for
"Operating System issues".

I have some dumb questions.

How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next
April?

What are most firms migrating to?  Win-7?  Win-8?

I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than XP
and neither will run very well on older PCs.  True?

Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8?

Thanks,
Brad