Windows XP

[Dave2002]

We’re having a bit of a clear out. Some old junk must go.

In the process I found a magazine - only about a year old - which suggested that at that time Win XP was still being used by a number of users. We got rid of all bar one Win desktop (which hasn’t a licence, but can run Linux), but still have a couple of old laptops. Is there any point in keeping them? One was good for its time, the other less so, but much cheaper. I suspect the world has now moved on to the point where I could safely and sensibly take these to the tip. Both have Win XP installed.

[teamsaint]

We’re having a bit of a clear out. Some old junk must go.

In the process I found a magazine - only about a year old - which suggested that at that time Win XP was still being used by a number of users. We got rid of all bar one Win desktop (which hasn’t a licence, but can run Linux), but still have a couple of old laptops. Is there any point in keeping them? One was good for its time, the other less so, but much cheaper. I suspect the world has now moved on to the point where I could safely and sensibly take these to the tip. Both have Win XP installed.

You could try flogging them to the NHS.

They love XP.....

[Beresford]

Age UK take oldPC's. I took my lovely HP Omnibook (with XP, USB1, no wifi) to them a month ago - they have regional testing centres. Worth labelling with XP,1GB,etc if they are still usable.

[Dave2002]

You could try flogging them to the NHS.

They love XP.....

Until recently I knew of sites running Win 95. Seriously!