All You Win XP Stragglers
Well, there are still about 30% of ALL PCs on the planet still running XP despite constant warnings from MS to dump it by this April 8, after which there will no longer be OS patches or other update s...
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This and similar articles are going around about the staying power of XP - maybe its detractors could term it XP's roachlike nature.
Of course, there are also a lot of leaked stories about MS dropping the Metro-as-default as soon as next month. I guess it is actually the case of the roachlike Windows desktop.
The best stuff is often read in the comments boxes of such articles. A few interesting points I found:
* Percentages of various OSs in use cited are for all OSs observed on the internet, but how many more XPs have been given other jobs, like dental video monitors, etc. over the last 13 years,
* and, by comparison, how many such offline workhorse functions has industry ever bothered to replace (or will ever) w/ the newer W7/W8 machines
* While XP is 29% of all computers on world wide web, that actually makes it 1 in 3 (33%) of Windows OSs
* One commenter says he cannot get his hands on XP equipment for his clients' operations. He says as soon as he finds one, someone has already beat him to it. Anyone else hear of XP hoarding?
Of course, there are also a lot of leaked stories about MS dropping the Metro-as-default as soon as next month. I guess it is actually the case of the roachlike Windows desktop.
The best stuff is often read in the comments boxes of such articles. A few interesting points I found:
* Percentages of various OSs in use cited are for all OSs observed on the internet, but how many more XPs have been given other jobs, like dental video monitors, etc. over the last 13 years,
* and, by comparison, how many such offline workhorse functions has industry ever bothered to replace (or will ever) w/ the newer W7/W8 machines
* While XP is 29% of all computers on world wide web, that actually makes it 1 in 3 (33%) of Windows OSs
* One commenter says he cannot get his hands on XP equipment for his clients' operations. He says as soon as he finds one, someone has already beat him to it. Anyone else hear of XP hoarding?
