2015-11-13, 17:37
Ok, so let's vote :-D
(2015-11-22, 18:59)manimpz Wrote: Hello Fellows,
I´ll try to make my point, it´s just a point of view.
Look, for a living room, you don´t need a super patched PC with updates from microsoft. And, as I said, there is security updates for windows XP until 2019! Look for windows xp embedded (you only need to create a reg file to receive those updates) and windows xp black edition 2015 (community windows xp at the TPB).
In your Media Center, you will use it to watch movies, youtube, IPTV, listen to music and play some games (here is the great thing about WXP).
In resume, you don´t need a top of the line PC for a living room, your old pc can be great for those purposes, and that is why:
1st - With WXP you can have Steam installed, and run all DX9 games. KODI + Steam launcher in BPM.
2nd - A LOT of emulators are designed and developed for windows, they will work properly than in linux. I would like to use it with RCBrowser or with www.hal8999.com
3rd - Better quality drivers from manufactures until they support it (or not...).
4th - Windows XP is lighter than linux distros or newer windows OS (just look the requirements 500MHZ!!! this is awesome!), I installed a WXP-32 in an AMD C-50 processor and it runs like a decent PC! WAY better than any other linux distro. It performs better in 32bits with 3,5GB for RAM (limited RAM due 32bit system) than other OS 64bit with 4GB or 8GB of RAM. Maybe because this is a really mature OS.
5th - Windows is better for average users than those horrible codes from linux.
6th - Windows XP just works, and this is really fine! You don´t need more for a living room, you only need Kodi.
7th - If you want to run your top of the line games, just stream to your steam in your living room.
If this is a lack of APIs, I can understand the support drop and perfectly agree with you guys.
But since Kodi is a 32bit program, I thought it would be nice to still run on WXP (if this means not too much programming work).
Quote:4th - Windows XP is lighter than linux distros or newer windows OS
Quote: And, as I said, there is security updates for windows XP until 2019! Look for windows xp embedded (you only need to create a reg file to receive those updates) and windows xp black edition 2015 (community windows xp at the TPB).