Ask HN: Is windows XP abandon-ware?

2 points by imachine1980_ 4y ago ↗ HN

in which moment are consider os abandon-ware?

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Windows XP is officially unsupported. Support ended in 2009, the only Windows version with mainstream support now is Windows 10, which will expire in about 3 years, and Windows 11.

uberman 4y ago ↗

What is your definition of abandoned? Though no longer supported, I imagine that MS would still defend the copyright.

legrande 4y ago ↗

It still has its uses. I have a 32 bit version of XP I run on an old Thinkpad for oldskool games that don't run on Windows 10/11 despite people saying old games 'run fine on Windows 10 because of backwards compat'.