[Vm-dev] Question | Bump min support from WinXP to Win8

[Marcel Taeumel]

Vista was crap. :-)

Best,
Marcel
Am 14.05.2020 10:37:19 schrieb Fabio Niephaus <lists at fniephaus.com>:
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:01 AM Marcel Taeumel
wrote:

>
> Hmm... regarding that function, 0x0600 would be enough. Sure. But Vista?
> Seriously? :-D
>
> It's voting time! Here you go: http://www.strawpoll.me/20045290
>

No need to vote, you gave the best reason to keep 0x0600 in your statement
above. Why drop support if 0x0600 is enough!?

Fabio


>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
> Am 13.05.2020 21:50:49 schrieb Nicolas Cellier
> nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
> >> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the
> last
> >> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
> >>
> >> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
> >>
> >> Stef
> >>
> >
> > Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
> >
> > The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
> >
> > My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became
> > end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
> > I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in
> the
> > wild for a coupe more years.
> > Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows
> > versions, mostly Windows 7.
> > Here it is by portion.
> > [image: image.png]
> >
> >
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
> >
> >
> > So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems
> > pointless.
> > Either also keep Win 7
> > or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
> >
> > my two cents...
> > cheers -ben
> >
> > like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
> it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server
> 2008)
> So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many
> users still.
> Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>
> Hi all,
>
> Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in
>>>
>>> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last
>>>
>>> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stef
>>>
>>
>> Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.
>>
>> The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.
>>
>> My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became
>> end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
>> I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the
>> wild for a coupe more years.
>> Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows
>> versions, mostly Windows 7.
>> Here it is by portion.
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/
>>
>>
>> So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems
>> pointless.
>> Either also keep Win 7
>> or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.
>>
>> my two cents...
>> cheers -ben
>>
>> like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.
> it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server
> 2008)
> So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many
> users still.
> Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.
>
>

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 9:01 AM Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de [mailto:marcel.taeumel at hpi.de]> wrote:


Hmm... regarding that function, 0x0600 would be enough. Sure. But Vista? Seriously? :-D


It's voting time! Here you go: http://www.strawpoll.me/20045290 [http://www.strawpoll.me/20045290]

No need to vote, you gave the best reason to keep 0x0600 in your statement above. Why drop support if 0x0600 is enough!?

Fabio

Best,
Marcel

Am 13.05.2020 21:50:49 schrieb Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com [mailto:nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com]>:
Hi all,



Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman a écrit :



>

>

>

> On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin

> wrote:

>

>>

>> > We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in

>> > reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last

>> > update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)

>>

>> FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1

>>

>> Stef

>>

>

> Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.

>

> The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.

>

> My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became

> end-of-life at the beginning of this year.

> I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the

> wild for a coupe more years.

> Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows

> versions, mostly Windows 7.

> Here it is by portion.

> [image: image.png]

>

> https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/ [https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/]

>

>

> So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems

> pointless.

> Either also keep Win 7

> or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.

>

> my two cents...

> cheers -ben

>

> like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.

it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server 2008)

So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many

users still.

Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.



Hi all,

Le mer. 13 mai 2020 à 19:15, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com [mailto:btc at openinworld.com]> a écrit :



On Wed, 13 May 2020 at 16:38, Stéphane Rollandin <lecteur at zogotounga.net [mailto:lecteur at zogotounga.net]> wrote:




> We could bump further but Windows 8 looks like a fair improvement in


> reliability and robustness comparing to its predecessors. And the last


> update for Windows 8 was only 8 years ago. Not even a decade. :-)





FWIW I am still on Windows 8.1





Stef


Whoops. I was about to say Windows 8 was crap - no one uses it. sorry.

The "good" versions of Windows were XP, 7 and 10.

My work machine is actually still on Windows 7. It only became end-of-life at the beginning of this year.
I'd like to upgrade to 10 soon, but there are many 7 installations in the wild for a coupe more years.
Roughly 200 million PCs worldwide will still be running older Windows versions, mostly Windows 7.
Here it is by portion.
[image.png]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/ [https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-many-pcs-are-still-running-windows-7-today/]


So I'd agree XP definitely should be dumped, but settling on Win 8 seems pointless.
Either also keep Win 7
or also dump Win 8 and jump all the way to Win 10.

my two cents...
cheers -ben

like Ben said, thanks for these pointers.

it seems that the function is supported as of 0x0600 (vista and server 2008)
So it's not necessary to break compatibility with windows 7 yet, too many users still.
Just use 0x0600 instead of 0x0602.



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