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Windows XP, Vista Buried by Blizzard

posted by martyb on Saturday July 22 2017, @10:26AM   Printer-friendly
from the not-supported,-but-still-playable? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

"If you're using an operating system [from Microsoft] that's over a decade old to play Blizzard games, we have some bad news for you. Starting in October, Blizzard says it will "begin the process of ending support for Windows XP and Windows Vista in World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm." - via ArsTechnica

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:43PM (1 child)

    by edIII (791) on Saturday July 22 2017, @05:43PM (#542982)

    I noticed you left Windows Vista out :)

    That was quite a shocker in the title, that somebody actually uses it. For anything. That, and it is apparently working. Somebody else asked what the numbers might have been and I'm guessing it was 1 for Vista, and that was a data entry error.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @01:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 23 2017, @01:26AM (#543199)

    Windows Vista EOL was April 11, 2017. For Windows XP it was April 8, 2014. So XP--outside of those who have a support contract, which wouldn't include many gamers--has an extra 3 years of unpatched vulnerabilities.