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Changing browsers would be a lot cheaper than upgrading the OS. If Google thinks they can force me to upgrade my XP machine before I'm ready to, they can think again. I'll switch browsers first: and it won't be to Chrome.
Changing browsers would be a lot cheaper than upgrading the OS. If Google thinks they can force me to upgrade my XP machine before I'm ready to, they can think again. I'll switch browsers first: and it won't be to Chrome.
That's fine for those organisations, they can access the finance for it.
However, my single - parent son, with 2 teens aged 16 and 14, will struggle to upgrade his 3 - computer network from XP to 7. Already he has 2 jobs just to keep them clothed, fed and educated, with a financial eye on further education.
You should not force people to upgrade their browser GOOGLE!!
I am using IE9 and I do not remember any bugs!
bertison
it may be possible as a low income family that he can qualify for an empowerment grant,
schools sometimes have schemes that can access funding also. my sons laptop was part funded by his school ,we paid half of it, it cost us £ 170
i'll have a look into it , his local authority would have good info on this, maybe he contacts his local council for more info.
your son may not be keen on asking for help as he seems to be a grafter by the sound of it ,but when its for the kids benefit sometimes you have to put it down for a short while.
heres just one link of many
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/fam...nts-low-income
Last edited by boohbah; 17 Sep 2012 at 15:20.
I'm pretty sure my school had cracked XP OS on all its machines (a hundred or so). As it had cracked C++ compilers, Autocad, Derive and most other stuff.
This decision may lend to more piracy instead, if Google does do stuff that does not work on IE 8, AT ALL.
Your school should be reported LOL. Google isn't trying to abet piracy. They wanted people to take advantage of the modern web standards like HTML5 and it's too costly to support older browsers since developers have to tinker their code to work with those browsers while complying to modern web standards.