Can I download Limewire on XP

[jhnsmith978]

I am running window xp on my computer. Can i download Limewire on it??

[Remoc]

Are you Serious?? After being on the forums for several days, you don't know the answer to your question?? Have you been to the Limewire site to see what OS's are compatible?? www.limewire.com

I would suggest you do a little more home work before posting in the forums.

[Peerless]

c'mon d00d....really....XP is still a fully supported release from M$ which is on the majority of machines in the world (ermm...I think....don't have data to support that claim)...

both Vista and Windoze 7 are just extensions of XP with more bloatware....now, that being said, LW no longer supports older OS's like 98, ME, and I think Win2000

and just to be a stickler for semantics, you will have no problems downloading LW...your query should be about installing it and getting it to run

[ukbobboy01]

Without any hard evidence, I believe that XP is still the most used O/S in the world for the following reasons:-

1) Vista bummed, most IT professionals or large organisations do not like or use Vista. The only people that have Vista are those that have recently bought new PCs.

2) XP is the O/S of choice for most Netbook users.

3) Windows 7 has not been released yet but, in order to tempt corporate users, MS promises to incorporate an XP mode within the new O/S.

Windows 7's XP Mode: It's almost ready - Software - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com

4) Third world countries prefer their PCs to have XP installed on them rather than any other O/S.

If anyone can counter my reasoning then please do.



UK Bob

[Peerless]

not here...you notice I mentioned the concept of bloatware in the newer M$ releases....

its pretty much the concensus that M$ still hasn't come up with anything really new since XP and hence are just adding bells and whistles to it...OK, the Vista and 7 do support more ram (I think....maybe that's just a 64 bit thing), but there is a bit of a workaround for XP that can help if one really wants...

supposedly vista has better audio capabilities (so M$ says) but I've seen that argued...of course comebacks to that argument say that devs just haven't taken advantage of the advantages of vista yet...dunno...

I for one have no plans on upgrading to vista or 7, if nothing else because my present machines are a bit out of date and would probably suffer if I loaded such a resource demanding OS on them...

[Sleepless]

The RAM issue is entirely bit dependent... at least in XP. XP 32bit will not run more than 3.something GB, while XP x64 will run 128GB. Stupid VISTA doesn't show anything more than % of ram used, so I would need to dig a bit more to confirm. I have a VISTA 32bit in for repairs right now, but the processor is 64bit dual core. And I have a VISTA x64/XP x64 dual boot on my new laptop. I don't know if a 64bit system is enough to allow more RAM in VISTA/Windows7.

Maybe someone else knows more?

[Blackhorse 70V]

Peerless, love your use of 'M$'.

Vista seemed like it was nothing more than a bunch of bells and whistles. Someone should have told Bill that we don't by pcs to play with the OS and stare at the desktop.

My gf uses Win7, after a few years with XP, and seems to like it (I haven't asked her why). She's a PhD in Linguistics; uses pc for large docs and photo editing. I'm awaiting more bug fixes, etc. My friend in Security says not enough hackers have attacked Win7 to point out the holes that are probably there and just not discovered yet. He designs cutting edge security systems with large data streams from cameras and sensors, and he installs only on XP or Linux.

[ukbobboy01]

Guys

The one important thing I did miss from my list, number 5 if you will, was that XP still has a huge number of installed users.

I must say that I totally agree with Blackhorse 70V when he said:

Vista seemed like it was nothing more than a bunch of bells and whistles. Someone should have told Bill that we don't by pcs to play with the OS and stare at the desktop

It has taken a long time, almost 7 years, to get my XP installed PC to the point where it does everything I want it to do. The simple fact is that by trying to install Vista or Windows 7 on my PC would jeopardise my current facilities without adding anything beneficial in return.

For example, as far as I know, Vista does not have the ability to send faxes, something that I often use, therefore in order to use Vista I would have to ditch my fax software and my internal dial-up modem (there's no Vista driver for it). I would then have to source new fax software (possible) and a new Vista compatible dial-up modem (nearly impossible).

You know, just because MS and their cronies says that some facilities are too old to bother with that does not mean that they are no longer used in the REAL world.



UK Bob

PS. I still use Word 97 to write and print out my correspondence.

[Sleepless]

There is such a thing as dual boot. If you need help with that UKBob, then just PM me. I work with these sorts of things almost every day. Supplement income.

It may have been a bit unstable in the past, but that is the past.

[ukbobboy01]

Hi Sleepless

Thank you very much for your offer but, at the moment, a dual boot PC is not the way I want to go for a home machine.

However, it is a good idea that I will bear in mind when my current PC expires, after all I still want to keep my current software and facilities and Windows 7 may have something useful.

Anyway, back when I worked in PC maintenance I also had and setup dual boot PCs, but the PCs I setup were WfWG3.11 and NT4.

Cheers


UK Bob