You should be fine for basic internet browsing. Just use some common sense and don't log on to your bank account.
Nostalgic feelings maybe? One of my main reasons.If you laptop is not powerful enough to run anything newer then there really is no point sticking to XP at all,
A relatively modern Linux distribution has completely different areas of use and both can be on one PC at the same time. →Running XP is pretty dumb when Linux will offer you a system that's a few years out of date tops over a few decades as is the case with XP
Sadly true for weak systems without hardware assisted h.264.YouTube is probably still going to run at 5 seconds per frame.
On the other hand, if there's a choice between a computer with underpowered 3D acceleration and a virtual machine on a significantly powerful computer, there's not much reason not to go with the virtual machine, especially when it comes to XP.But there are more factual reasons for using 32 bit Windows XP over newer operating systems even on relatively powerful computers:
It's not quite like DOS based Windows, but does allow some direct hardware access, supports a variety of old peripherals and will allow running old games, which fail because of rancid optical disc protections. Windows 10 prevents certain advanced emulation functions in this direction.
Most 16 bit software will also work well with XP.
Hmmmhm. No? It's just not the same!On the other hand, if there's a choice between a computer with underpowered 3D acceleration and a virtual machine on a significantly powerful computer, there's not much reason not to go with the virtual machine, especially when it comes to XP.
Exactly what are the risks of using an old laptop for internet browsing?
I can't seem to find proper information other than "huuur it will infect with virus"... but ain't that the risks of any computer capable of Internet browsing?
Having this question because I'm trying to update and download stuff in a WinXP lap, and I'm tired of connecting and disconnecting my USB from my Win10 lap to the old one back and forth everytime I need to transfer files. And I was wondering if I can just simply connect the old laptop to Wi-Fi and just download what I need.
Is it as risky as "once you load Google you're fucked" or as risky as common sense is? That is, don't download pirate software, don't browse sketchy sites, etc.
EDIT: Also, would like to use the old laptop to download and save and view PDF files.