k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/10/18 03:06 AM Author Share Posted 11/10/18 03:06 AM sounds like a good time to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 18d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 12/10/18 08:22 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:22 AM Had a win at workOur CNC water cutter will only run on XP and the current computer that runs it is stuffedManaged to load XP onto one of the PC's that Mrs BCB's work so kindly donated to me Some blogs I read said you couldn't run XP on modern PC componentsThe Intel I3 processor and mobo is about 10 years old, but post XPIt loaded up easily and runs really quite quickEven got a heap of updates from Microsoft which is odd seeing as all support for XP ended in 2011Winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 8d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/18 08:29 AM Author Share Posted 12/10/18 08:29 AM you can still get updates, but only ones they've previously distributed. No "new" updates in the mantra of "ending support", supposedly... but you do still see a few side cases of actual newer support every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,115 Member For: 9y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/10/18 08:34 AM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:34 AM 11 minutes ago, bloodycrashboy said: Had a win at work Our CNC water cutter will only run on XP and the current computer that runs it is stuffed Managed to load XP onto one of the PC's that Mrs BCB's work so kindly donated to me Some blogs I read said you couldn't run XP on modern PC components The Intel I3 processor and mobo is about 10 years old, but post XP It loaded up easily and runs really quite quick Even got a heap of updates from Microsoft which is odd seeing as all support for XP ended in 2011 Winning How big is the water cutter? I know you had posted pictures before when you did your pc case but I cbf digging for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 18d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 12/10/18 08:59 PM Share Posted 12/10/18 08:59 PM 12 hours ago, Puffwagon said: How big is the water cutter? the cutting bed is about 3 x 4 meters 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,409 Member For: 11y 18d Gender: Male Location: Cairns Posted 13/10/18 02:30 AM Share Posted 13/10/18 02:30 AM 17 hours ago, bloodycrashboy said: The Intel I3 processor and mobo is about 10 years old, but post XP only 6 years old this December Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 11y 3m 21d Gender: Not Telling Posted 13/10/18 05:52 AM Share Posted 13/10/18 05:52 AM needed a new wireless mouse so I popped into MSY... needed something to cheer myself up and g sync is amazing 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,115 Member For: 9y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/10/18 05:57 AM Share Posted 13/10/18 05:57 AM You're gonna love that monitor mate. It's a beast! Mine is similar and it's served me well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,115 Member For: 9y 2m 20d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/10/18 08:26 AM Share Posted 13/10/18 08:26 AM https://www.pccasegear.com/products/44161/intel-core-i9-9900k Seems like a reasonable xmas prezzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossmang FREAKY Donating Members 12,403 Member For: 14y 3m 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 13/10/18 09:57 AM Share Posted 13/10/18 09:57 AM that's a very expensive mouse. hope it makes you coffee. or gives bj's/wristys or both :/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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