Microsoft predicts bleak future for Windows XP users after patches run out

Of course they do. You don't move new product by saying "you'll probably be ok with what you've got".

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

Byshop

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

theone86

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

Which is totally what he said.

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

theone86

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

deeliman

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

Because it still serves their purposes just fine?

There's still about 8 months left of Win XP patches. By then, everyone should have switched over to Win 7.

I'm surprised this is actually an issue. MS has never maintained "eternal" support for any older OSs. Even their best (Win 2000) was discontinued after about a decade.

Most of my works computers still use XP.

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

theone86

I think once a decade is pretty reasonable. That means you'll purchase a whole 5 or 6 OSes during your entire adult life. :P

-Byshop

Most of my works computers still use XP.

cain006

Businesses (particularly non-tech companies) can be notoriously slow to upgrade OSes because it's a pretty big undertaking. Mass conversion of desktops and servers to new OSes for large companies is actually a fair chunk of the business my company does.

-Byshop

Where I work we still use Windows 98 on most of our computers!

Edit: Well half 98, half XP

Upgrading to 7 is something that I think most people already should've done. I personally can't see why anyone would want to switch to windows 8. It's worse in every way compared to windows 7 unless you have a touch screen device.Moriarity_

windows 7 is goodBossPerson

There are so few improvements between XP and 7 that I have no intentions of getting 8. The only thing that ever changes is the appearance. And they simply copy Apple for that.SolidSnake35

I very much despise Windows 8. I was ok with XP and now 7. My Win8 machine gets very little use.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

Byshop

I think once a decade is pretty reasonable. That means you'll purchase a whole 5 or 6 OSes during your entire adult life. :P

-Byshop

Seriously. I don't understand why people think this is a big deal. If you haven't bought a new computer since Windows 7 came out, you're more than due for one. And if you don't want to buy a whole new computer, you don't have to. You can just upgrade the OS. 

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

[QUOTE="theone86"]

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

the_bi99man

I think once a decade is pretty reasonable. That means you'll purchase a whole 5 or 6 OSes during your entire adult life. :P

-Byshop

Seriously. I don't understand why people think this is a big deal. If you haven't bought a new computer since Windows 7 came out, you're more than due for one. And if you don't want to buy a whole new computer, you don't have to. You can just upgrade the OS. 

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

I think once a decade is pretty reasonable. That means you'll purchase a whole 5 or 6 OSes during your entire adult life. :P

-Byshop

Hexagon_777

Seriously. I don't understand why people think this is a big deal. If you haven't bought a new computer since Windows 7 came out, you're more than due for one. And if you don't want to buy a whole new computer, you don't have to. You can just upgrade the OS. 

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

Truth be told, 7 at this point, in my opinion, has more than proved itself a worthy successor to XP.

8 can suck my balls tho.

XP still works great but it is a bit dated. I've been using windows 7 for quite a while now and wouldn't go back.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

Seriously. I don't understand why people think this is a big deal. If you haven't bought a new computer since Windows 7 came out, you're more than due for one. And if you don't want to buy a whole new computer, you don't have to. You can just upgrade the OS. 

the_bi99man

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

7 is godly. If you still use XP (lol why) chances are you're a casual user so it doesn't matter anyway.

[QUOTE="Moriarity_"]Upgrading to 7 is something that I think most people already should've done. I personally can't see why anyone would want to switch to windows 8. It's worse in every way compared to windows 7 unless you have a touch screen device.deeliman

Yeah, there are actually a lot of new features in Win8 besides the new start menu that are big improvements over 7. People complain about Win 8 constantly, but every complaint I've ever seen has been about the UI and pretty much nothing else.

-Byshop

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

the_bi99man

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]What? :?

Hexagon_777

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

XP is "ancient" in OS terms. If you skipped out on Vista, and haven't purchased a PC since XP's twilight days (when it stopped being installed on new retail machines, in 2007), you are more than due for a replacement machine.

In the years since XP's "middle age," low-end PCs have gotten a lot more powerful. Multi-core processors, larger-capacity HDDs, more RAM... none of which is supported by old XP, amnd 64-bit XP just never caught on (I've heard the horror stories).

Also, modern devices need drivers, and the best drivers at this moment are written for Vista/7/8 (in my professional opinion).

Ideally, you should have bought a PC with 7. Word-of-mouth for 8 was never positive, and that should have pushed those on the fencevto jump on 7 before the switch-over (/I just made it by a month).

As far as cost... if all you do is surf the web, check up on Facebook, and troll YouTube comments, a cheap upgrade isn't out of the question. I've seen laptops as cheap as $239, capable of doing the bare necessities without killing a budget. Put it on layaway, pay it off over 6-7 months, and you get an "upgrade" to 8 without going bankrupt.

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

OrkHammer007

XP is "ancient" in OS terms. If you skipped out on Vista, and haven't purchased a PC since XP's twilight days (when it stopped being installed on new retail machines, in 2007), you are more than due for a replacement machine.

In the years since XP's "middle age," low-end PCs have gotten a lot more powerful. Multi-core processors, larger-capacity HDDs, more RAM... none of which is supported by old XP, amnd 64-bit XP just never caught on (I've heard the horror stories).

Also, modern devices need drivers, and the best drivers at this moment are written for Vista/7/8 (in my professional opinion).

Ideally, you should have bought a PC with 7. Word-of-mouth for 8 was never positive, and that should have pushed those on the fencevto jump on 7 before the switch-over (/I just made it by a month).

As far as cost... if all you do is surf the web, check up on Facebook, and troll YouTube comments, a cheap upgrade isn't out of the question. I've seen laptops as cheap as $239, capable of doing the bare necessities without killing a budget. Put it on layaway, pay it off over 6-7 months, and you get an "upgrade" to 8 without going bankrupt.

Pretty much. Thanks. :P

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[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Upgrading the operating system, like you suggested, seems like a far more viable move than going ahead and buying a whole new computer, although for the common man it will still involve the spending of monies. Saying that people are more than due for a new computer after four years is ridiculous, though. I agree that you shouldn't expect that of Microsoft, but a whole new computer after four years = no.

the_bi99man

XP is "ancient" in OS terms. If you skipped out on Vista, and haven't purchased a PC since XP's twilight days (when it stopped being installed on new retail machines, in 2007), you are more than due for a replacement machine.

In the years since XP's "middle age," low-end PCs have gotten a lot more powerful. Multi-core processors, larger-capacity HDDs, more RAM... none of which is supported by old XP, and 64-bit XP just never caught on (I've heard the horror stories).

Also, modern devices need drivers, and the best drivers at this moment are written for Vista/7/8 (in my professional opinion).

Ideally, you should have bought a PC with 7. Word-of-mouth for 8 was never positive, and that should have pushed those on the fencevto jump on 7 before the switch-over (/I just made it by a month).

As far as cost... if all you do is surf the web, check up on Facebook, and troll YouTube comments, a cheap upgrade isn't out of the question. I've seen laptops as cheap as $239, capable of doing the bare necessities without killing a budget. Put it on layaway, pay it off over 6-7 months, and you get an "upgrade" to 8 without going bankrupt.

Pretty much. Thanks. :P

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="the_bi99man"]

It's 4 years old. Most people buy new computers faster than that. And even if you bought your last computer right before 7 came out, so it's only 4 years old, and still running XP (or, God forbid, Vista), you can just upgrade the OS. It's not difficult, or expensive, and expecting MS to continue supporting the ancient OS, even for as long as they have already, is asinine.

OrkHammer007

XP is "ancient" in OS terms. If you skipped out on Vista, and haven't purchased a PC since XP's twilight days (when it stopped being installed on new retail machines, in 2007), you are more than due for a replacement machine.

In the years since XP's "middle age," low-end PCs have gotten a lot more powerful. Multi-core processors, larger-capacity HDDs, more RAM... none of which is supported by old XP, amnd 64-bit XP just never caught on (I've heard the horror stories).

Also, modern devices need drivers, and the best drivers at this moment are written for Vista/7/8 (in my professional opinion).

Ideally, you should have bought a PC with 7. Word-of-mouth for 8 was never positive, and that should have pushed those on the fencevto jump on 7 before the switch-over (/I just made it by a month).

As far as cost... if all you do is surf the web, check up on Facebook, and troll YouTube comments, a cheap upgrade isn't out of the question. I've seen laptops as cheap as $239, capable of doing the bare necessities without killing a budget. Put it on layaway, pay it off over 6-7 months, and you get an "upgrade" to 8 without going bankrupt.

lol, why the hell are people still using a 12 year old OS? You haven't been able to buy a computer with XP on it retail for years and years. Time to get some modern technology in those households. ferrari2001

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]lol, why the hell are people still using a 12 year old OS? You haven't been able to buy a computer with XP on it retail for years and years. Time to get some modern technology in those households. Hexagon_777

At this point, they should have moved onto Linux if we're talking about hardware THAT old but still functional.

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="Byshop"]

It's a 12 year old OS and regular support was discontinued for it in 2009. People don't have to run out and get 8, but they should have moved off XP long ago.

-byshop

deeliman

Right, because we all run out and buy a new PC every time MS or Apple comes out with a new OS.

Because it's too expensive to buy a new PC, it costs money to upgrade, and your old PC doesn't have the specs for an upgrade.

lol, why the hell are people still using a 12 year old OS? You haven't been able to buy a computer with XP on it retail for years and years. Time to get some modern technology in those households. ferrari2001

My PC is around seven years old.

R.I.P then.:(

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]lol, why the hell are people still using a 12 year old OS? You haven't been able to buy a computer with XP on it retail for years and years. Time to get some modern technology in those households. Hexagon_777

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[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]lol, why the hell are people still using a 12 year old OS? You haven't been able to buy a computer with XP on it retail for years and years. Time to get some modern technology in those households. coolbeans90

At this point, they should have moved onto Linux if we're talking about hardware THAT old but still functional.

[QUOTE="coolbeans90"]

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]If it suits their needs just fine and they see no reason to make a financial investment to change that, why do so?

Hexagon_777

At this point, they should have moved onto Linux if we're talking about hardware THAT old but still functional.

Hopefully they'll have mined enough Bitcoins to make it over the border.

It's cool, elementary OS is out and so gosh darn easy to use.Hexagon_777

I have never paid for a new OS. I just buy a new PC every 5 years and it comes with the new one pre installed. LOL at people who buy new OS's.

W8 isn't all that bad.

Faster than W7 which is good for pc gamers. Just a terrible interface that I will never use unless I had a touchscreen ultrabook.

I have never paid for a new OS. I just buy a new PC every 5 years and it comes with the new one pre installed. LOL at people who buy new OS's.

stuff238

You do realize that you're paying for that OS in the cost of the PC right?

It was almost a year and a half ago that I finally upgraded to Windows 7 from the extremely outdated XP (and it really was quite slow with the increasing hardware requirements).

Best thing I ever did.

I'm totally skipping Windows 8, though. That's why it took me so long to upgrade, because I just simply won't need to until it starts showing its age.