Mondodimotori wrote on 2025-11-20, 17:42:Pretty sure you don't need to be a target specifically (like it could be for Linux or MacOS).
Those OSs had plenty of vulnerabil […]
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theelf wrote on 2025-11-20, 14:44:
technically is opposite, we (2k-XP) users are not a target for anything anymore, win10-11,android 5.x+ or macos 10.x are the targets
The only problem in XP is lack of some modern versions of some software, for example, Im a freelance worker, and every 3 months i need to do taxes online, and always have some problem, because government update something and need or new java or the software need some NT6+ functions etc.
In general biggest problem is java for me, always need to do some dll patching or something weird to do my taxes jaja but until 2025 still do everything in XP, bank and taxes online. Maybe 2026 not if they move to a much higher java version
Pretty sure you don't need to be a target specifically (like it could be for Linux or MacOS).
Those OSs had plenty of vulnerabilities, and I doubt that everyone stopped using those to gain malicious access and gather sensitive information.
Unless you have a strong hardware firewall on your modem, you are at high risk.
This not counting hardware vulnerabilities that won't ever be fixed on such old hardware.
Now, I know someone may not like certain OSs, but... You can do those sensitive thing on the latest Linux distro available. You probably won't even need to get new hardware, since it's extremely lightweight, just a second partition for sensitive tasks that could be interesting for a data breach.
At least you would be covered from software vulnerabilities with that.
Hello, for many years I worked in computer security on servers. I still do it, but not so often now. Currently I work setting up medical events, where we also need security on the data servers because many companies have protected content. And even after many years working in this, I still cannot really understand when people say that a system is full of vulnerabilities. For me, at user level, it is difficult to understand.
Just one example: in a small company from my town, where I had not worked for at least 10 years, they called me last year very desperate, because they had a virus that encrypted everything and was asking for a ransom. As they did not know how to solve it, they remembered that I was the technician there and asked me if I could help. I went, and yes, all the Windows 10 PCs and the server with Windows Server 2016 or 2019, I do not remember exactly, were also completely encrypted.
I remembered that I had left an old PC with Windows XP that made a local copy of the server every Sunday, and surprisingly, after 10 years, it was still there doing its job, and we managed to save the company with very small data loss, because that XP was the only computer not infected.
So I am sorry, but I still cannot understand very well the average user talking about vulnerabilities, and with everange user im not talking about you, im talking in a generic way
shevalier wrote on 2025-11-21, 08:06:
The difference in power consumption is three time.
And there is a ten-year gap between them.
High Midrange C775 2010 versus Extra Lowend 2020
Socket 775 is sexy maybe
I like 775 because still can use pentium 4, is like a gap from old and new era, and like to maximize as much i can
