If
it seems like Windows XP has been around forever, it’s because it has. It was
released in August of 2001 and has been going strong ever since. In fact out of
all the Windows powered desktops, 44% of them are still running Windows XP.
Many people keep their Windows XP computers simply because they work or because
the hardware may not be sufficient to run Windows 7 or Windows 8. Plus many
corporations don’t want to spend the money to upgrade all the computers in
their organization.
Microsoft
has decided to pull the plug on Windows XP support on April 8th
since its past its life expectancy and the want to focus more on Windows 7 and
Windows 8. Plus they want consumers to upgrade and therefore spend their money
on the newer versions of Windows. Also this will mean they won’t have to put in
the time or effort to patch Windows XP if it’s not supported anymore.
Just
because XP won’t be supported doesn’t mean you will have to stop using the
operating system. What it will mean is that there will not be any more updates
or more importantly security patches which will leave XP users more vulnerable
to attacks as security holes are discovered in the OS. Windows XP was developed
at a time when internet security was not as big of an issue as it is today.
Windows 7 and 8 were designed with security in mind so overall they are much
more secure operating systems. Plus Windows XP doesn’t support newer versions
of Internet Explorer which are more secure than the older versions. In fact
Avast Chief Operating Officer Ondřej Vlček says Windows XP users are "six
times more likely to get hacked than Windows 7 users”.
So now the question is, will you be updating?
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