Windows XP diehards aren’t going quietly

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http://news.yahoo.com/windows-xp-diehards-aren-t-going-quietly-045944420.html

Microsoft has a problem: It desperately wants any remainingWindows XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a huge chunk of them still haven’t budged. The latest numbers from NetMarketShare show that Windows XP still accounts for around 29.5% of all desktops in use even though Microsoft is due to end support for the 13-year-old platform on April 8th. ZDNet reports that Microsoft plans to pester remaining XP holdovers starting next week by sending them pop-up notifications reminding them — again — that it will end XP support within a month.

However, as Computerworld reports, Microsoft may have a tough time convincing some Windows XP users to upgrade because it’s trying to sell them on Windows 8, the hugely polarizing operating system that has angered many longtime PC users by eliminating the traditional Start menu and by adding the touch-centric Live Tiles interface a staple feature. Computerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 in part because Microsoft hasn’t offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch.

This is particularly irksome, these users said, because switching from XP to Windows 8.1 won’t just require a software upgrade but will instead likely force them to buy new machines capable of running Microsoft’s new touch-centric OS. Some users were also annoyed that Microsoft only mentioned Windows 8.1 and not Windows 7 as upgrade possibilities.

In the end, it looks like when Microsoft ends support for Windows XP next month there will still be a huge chunk of the desktop PC world using the platform. Hackers who have been saving up all their best new malware forthe day when Windows XP support ends are about to have a field day.

 

[Tech 425 3,942]

I do like XP alot better as it runs alot faster than  Win7 and Win 8 (8.1)

 

I know there are problems with Win XP, but if Microsoft was for the Customers than rather than the $ then they would make the $

 

I'm getting upset with Bloatware

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i thought you looked like you was putting on a bit of bloat there bud. come on over we will chase a few bourbons around and lose a few   

[daviewonder156 37]

with this story there are 2 sides to it, on the first said i can't blame them for been the way they are, i'm a XP fan myself and i think personally it is one of the better OS that microsoft have done, compared to what they did with ME and vista XP just was better all round and i think to this day better than 7 and 8.1 but people shudn't be too disappointed if they have 7 or 8.1 as they both pretty good OS by the compnay at the end of the day its just down to preference and they can stick with XP but they just need to be aware that they would either need to source the updates from a developer or if they know what they are doing then do some updates themselfs

 

on the other and i can understand why they have done this, give credit to XP where its due it has been updates by the company for the last 11 years and in tech years that been near a milenia for any software, so for it to last this long it done pretty well for itself, microsft feel that it is time for them to invest into the future and to focus more towards support their future generation of OS as well as still continue support for both windows 7 and windows 8 OS platforms as well as continuing in their development of xbox one, their cloud based technolagy and their office based software for users and business.

[wintergreen 18]

Microsoft is missing the boat here. They should simply sell extended XP support contracts for, say, $20 per year. They could then support XP as long as it was profitable. The XP community would prefer that to simply having the rug yanked out from beneath their feet.