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Kind of a non-story. The headline would lead you to believe that Mozilla isn't supporting any version od Windows that's pre-Vista. Anyone running XP with half a brain has updated to at least XP Service Pack 2, better yet 3. If a person has not bothered to update past "original" XP, then they probably don't update their browser either.

The title is misleading readers into thinking Mozilla is dropping XP support. No one is foolish enough or even if they were ignorant, likely to run the original XP today. All Firefox is doing is dropping Windows 2000 support. Bad journalism.

Yet another sensational title designed to trick people into reading yet another article about nothing. They gotta get paid.

it doesn't sound like they're dropping OS/2 support, though. :-)

Now perhaps you will understand at last that Microsoft can murder an OS with absolute impunity. This not to say that it should not have been replaced, just the idea that they can do it and we have no recourse.

I Do Not Care.

For Me, In The Last 12 Months, CHROME Went From 0% To 80% Usage.

Using FF3628 Basically Because Of PCW Forums, And Waiting For CHROME To Address Some Font Issues, Before Giving FF The Same Usage As IE - Less Than 1%.

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Note To Article Writers:

When Are You Going To Use 2D Tables To Display This Kind Of Information ?

A Chronological Timeline For OS Versions With Dates Would Be A Lot Clearer - Not Holding My Breath, Though.

LOADED HEADLINE WARNING: FIREFOX is NOT ENDING XP SUPPORT, it's requiring the latest update pack is installed. I hope most everyone has done this by now if not years ago.

For non-techies, the requirement is called a "service pack", a larger update released infrequently by Microsoft (about every 2 years give or take) which brings the OS up to speed bundling a bunch of fixes, security patches, code, et al, all in one @350MB download file you get FREE from Microsoft.

The latest is called "SP3" so search google (without the quotes): "site:microsoft.com xp sp3 offline download" and install that biotch on. XP4L. ~COMPUTERFIGHT says boo hiss to you pcworld for bs bait article.

To any wackjobs who may come out blasting XP unfairly: XP PRO SP3 is still the best choice as fastest and most stable OS one can put on ANY X86 board with less than 4GB of RAM. I also have come around to accept the need for 7/2008R2 for my 64-bit computers using fighting loads of RAM, and I like those OS as well, but I would never move from XP if not for the RAM (and maybe the Dx10 foolery).

XP is here to stay and still the #1 used OS according to polls, sales, and web impressions accurate to right this second.

Windows was a thorny one but it's my favourite choice now and I use a great variety of compulard body parts. I am typing this on Snow Leopard which I prefer to Lion and run alongside Server 2008 R2. I use OpenSUSE and angstrom Linux on Zaurus, ICS on KF and HD2, ios5 on 3GS, etc..My point is XP SP3 is the achievement in OS design that should be recognized as the most versatile top choice for years to come. I smoke today's over-engineered behemoths with a 1.2Ghz dothan XP SP3 TPC in fractions of bootup time, app launch time, and insanely fast firefox.

There's my rant, consider it a rare use of fighttime that may be etched in stone to one day pummel with. All computers fighting now.

Even Windows XP SP3 is only a glimmer in my rear view mirror. I have been using Vista and W7 for the past 5 years. All my current computers are W7. I wonder if the people who have the older systems are really on the Internet. Since you can get a reasonably proficient W7 computer, it is hard to believe that any home user is till using XP and surfing the Internet. You can only accommodate people for so long.

@COMPUTERFIGHT

The Only Glitch Upgrading SP2 To SP3 Was That The Lower Address Toolbar Was Gone.

I Could Not Live Without It, So I Found Out That Replacing The New SP3 'BROWSEUI.DLL' File With An Old SP2 Version Did The Trick.

It Was Not Easy, The System Kept Reverting To The SP3 Version, But, Eventually, I Succeeded.