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Windows XP refuses to die. Nine years after the OS first landed on the scene, an approximate 74-percent of business users are still saddled with it. To make matters worse, the average age of the PC running the outdated software is 4.4-years old, which means a vast majority of users are running already outdated software on hardware that is quickly approaching obsolescence, itself. Windows 7 is selling faster than any version of Windows before it, but those numbers appear not to be driven by businesses. Instead, large companies have shied away from upgrading, potentially scared off by the costs of buying new hardware or training IT workers. Rather than pushing customers to embrace the new, Microsoft continues to placate the reluctant masses, offering a downgrade option for businesses who buy new PCs loaded with Windows 7. The downgrade will continue to be supported until the next version of Windows drops. That means that some companies could, conceivably, punish employees by sticking them with a 20-year-old operating system, since the Professional edition is currently scheduled to terminate in January of 2020.
We don't expect this to be an issue for much longer, since Microsoft launched the public beta of Windows 7 SP1 on Monday. With the first major update to the OS in the pipeline, many businesses are likely plotting their path to upgrades now. As with XP, and, to a lesser extent, Vista, many large companies wait for the first service pack before undertaking a massive OS upgrade. According to Microsoft, 67-percent of enterprise customers have already begun, or are planning to begin, the migration to Windows 7 within the next six months. While the media may love a good "Microsoft Fails" headline, it's still too early to pass judgment on the fate of the newest Windows sibling. [From: Electronista and Computer World, via: Engadget]
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Subscribe to commentsdlstufguy2Jul 13th 2010 8:24PM
I find this to be interesting, as the tech advances have been not nearly as fast in the last 4-6 years as in the years before that... another thing... how many of those that switched to xp went strait from DOS? If you have good software that does what you need and hardware that runs it well, why replace it?
vendelaveeJul 14th 2010 11:22AM
XP is just fine for most people. The ONLY reason Microsoft creates new versions of it's operating system is PROFIT! It's not because of the demands of it's customers or the marketplace. Vista and Seven are just BLOATED versions of XP.
All the upgrades that Vista and Seven have could EASILY have been made available as a low cost upgrade download. But NOOOOOOO! There's not much profit it that. Microsoft would rather just add it to a new and improved version of XP. Give it a NEW NAME, claim it its a NEW PRODUCT, charge us $100 or more to buy a product that we already have 90% of with XP. It like buying a new car everytime the tires wear out.