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Re: How many Roblox users still use Windows XP?

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LocalChum is not online. LocalChum
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27 Jun 2012 05:19 PM
For the next revision of the RBXPri Launcher, I think I may cut support to Windows XP in favor of using API functions that are only available in Vista and newer versions of the Windows OS. Before I even consider doing this, I would like to know what percentage of Roblox users still use this outdated operating system, so I can judge whether I should use ugly hacks to work around it, or cut support in favor of new functions.
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farted is not online. farted
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27 Jun 2012 05:21 PM
i might be using XP for a new build im using since the CPU kind of sucks
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myrkos is not online. myrkos
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27 Jun 2012 05:21 PM
What are these API functions you speak of?
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zars15 is not online. zars15
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27 Jun 2012 05:22 PM
I haz no ideaz.... But doesn't rbxpri work on XP? It worked last time, when i used it on my old compz.
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Avolition is not online. Avolition
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27 Jun 2012 05:22 PM
Cut support for Windows XP? IE9 did that. You see how they turned out.
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zars15 is not online. zars15
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27 Jun 2012 05:23 PM
IE was always craap in my eyes..
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LocalChum is not online. LocalChum
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27 Jun 2012 05:25 PM
@myrkos

To be specific, I was thinking about using RegLoadAppKey for settings, as using the registry API is easier than manually writing settings to text files.
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myrkos is not online. myrkos
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27 Jun 2012 05:35 PM
y u no use Qt:

QSettings settings("pewp","RBXPri");

settings.setValue("idk",1337);

std::cout << settings.value("idk").toInt() << std::endl;


naaah jk. I don't even know if you're using C++, and if you are, it's probably not worth linking the whole Qt library just for that.
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RA2lover is not online. RA2lover
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27 Jun 2012 05:44 PM
i do.
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slayer219 is not online. slayer219
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27 Jun 2012 05:49 PM
I haven't used XP since 2008.
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LPGhatguy is online. LPGhatguy
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27 Jun 2012 06:37 PM
I haven't had XP installed on one of my systems since like 2006.

Widnows 8 is where it's at, yo.
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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27 Jun 2012 06:40 PM
"Widnows 8"

Lies, Windows 8 doesn't have Jarva and therefore sux
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LocalChum is not online. LocalChum
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27 Jun 2012 06:43 PM
@Popin

No version of Windows has ever had that disgusting and horrible thing. Which is good.

I've used Windows 8 for a few months, and I'm on the Metro hater side now. It's only good for tablets, not real machines.
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slayer219 is not online. slayer219
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27 Jun 2012 06:50 PM
Java = memory hog
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myrkos is not online. myrkos
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27 Jun 2012 07:02 PM
Who cares about Java's memory consumption, anyway? It's not like a Java program has ever made your system run out of memory, has it?
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Legend26 is not online. Legend26
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27 Jun 2012 07:03 PM
"It's not like a Java program has ever made your system run out of memory, has it?"

Minecraft has.... on my old visa laptop...
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pokelover980 is not online. pokelover980
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27 Jun 2012 07:43 PM
"You see how they turned out."

Pretty good, actually. Microsoft was able to make a more attractive UI and integrate it into the system better because of the new APIs. It's also faster, and (although unrelated to API support) it follows web standards better than its predecessors. I'd say it was a good idea of Microsoft dropping support of XP in IE9 in later because it allows them to move ahead on their own platform without restrictions of old APIs and whatnot.
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27 Jun 2012 07:55 PM
@LocalChum
I've been using Windows 8 since the Consumer Preview was released and metro is growing on me. I'd rather have a multi-desktop thing (kinda like GNOME on Linux does, except in the hot-corner style of Windows 8) but it's okay. The only Metro application I use is the Remote Desktop one, because it's just so cool to be able to use the upper-left of my screen to switch between my system and the remote system.

@Myrkos
I've never run out of memory, ever. I use Google Chrome and Java and probably a bunch of other memory-hogging applications, and I've never hit the top of my 8GB.
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LPGhatguy is online. LPGhatguy
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27 Jun 2012 07:56 PM
Sorry for the double post.

@Pokelover890
Do you know if IE10 is going to install on anything but Windows 8 when it's fully released? If that's the case, there are going to be a lot of people still using IE9 with Windows 7 because of their stupid theory of "every other version being awful" after dealing with both ME and Vista.
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myrkos is not online. myrkos
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27 Jun 2012 07:56 PM
"I've never run out of memory, ever. I use Google Chrome and Java and probably a bunch of other memory-hogging applications, and I've never hit the top of my 8GB."

Yeah, me too.
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LPGhatguy is online. LPGhatguy
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27 Jun 2012 07:58 PM
Also, on the topic of IE10, I found this:

"When it's released, Internet Explorer 10 will be available for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012."

So IE9 will be killed off fairly quickly after Windows 8 gets released.
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AlphaCPU is not online. AlphaCPU
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27 Jun 2012 08:14 PM
I used to use xp, but I noticed that bevels was turned off when I set it to automatic o.0
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lombardo2 is not online. lombardo2
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27 Jun 2012 08:40 PM
Screw all, Ubuntu rulez >:(
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LPGhatguy is online. LPGhatguy
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27 Jun 2012 08:43 PM
@lombardo2
You know, if I had to use Linux, I'd probably use Fedora or Gentoo over Ubuntu.
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lombardo2 is not online. lombardo2
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27 Jun 2012 08:49 PM
Like 7 month ago I accidentally installed ubuntu in the main partition, completely wiping out Windows, had to use Ubuntu for 3 months lol. I have never tested other linux distribution so I can't really say if Ubuntu is better than Fedora or Gentoo
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