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    Still Rocking Windows XP? Start Planning an Upgrade


    Posted: 25 Oct 2011
    All things eventually come to an end, and for Windows XP and its legion of holdouts, the end is nigh. It's a dead OS walking and the governors at Microsoft aren't going to pick up the phone at the last moment and give it yet another stay of execution. Microsoft general manager for Windows Commercial marketing, Rich Reynolds, confirmed as much in an interview with InformationWeek.

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    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    25 Oct 2011



  1. Posts : 552
    Windows 8 Pro x64
       #1

    I'm glad to say that all the computers in use at the college I go to are running Windows 7 Professional, and not XP. Yeah, Windows XP is like a zombie at this point.
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  2. Posts : 212
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #2

    Poor old XP...a good OS.

    W7 is like a rock. I hope it lives a long time
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  3. Posts : 7,730
    Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
       #3

    After the Vista debacle I thought Microsoft would struggle to produce anything better than XP, but Windows 7 has done so, in my view.

    Other than a recent hardware problem that has now been rectified I've had no problems with Windows 7 whatsoever.

    Goodbye XP - fondly remembered. :)
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  4. Posts : 37
    Windows 7 x64
       #4

    R.I.P. XP I won't miss you
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  5. Posts : 552
    Windows 8 Pro x64
       #5

    XP is still my backup OS for in case an application absolutely refuses to run under Windows 7. Just because MS doesn't support it anymore doesn't mean I can't or won't won't use it. I used Windows 98 until late 2005, lol.
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  6. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #6

    The King is dead.


    Windows i7 920 said:
    XP is still my backup OS for in case an application absolutely refuses to run under Windows 7. Just because MS doesn't support it anymore doesn't mean I can't or won't won't use it. I used Windows 98 until late 2005, lol.
    I used 98SE until halfway through 2004.

    I still have an XP partition for the same reason as you do.
    I only have one program (a game) that won't run in W7 (32 or 64 bit) or XP VMs.

    Lets face it, XP is the most profitable and successful desktop OS ever released.
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  7. Posts : 50
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64bit
       #7

    I'm Still using XP on my other PC, even if microsoft stops supporting xp, it doesnt mean the end of Xp, theres still a lot of software for it you can download.
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  8. Posts : 93
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
       #8

    I know a few people who still use XP. It's not because they don't want to upgrade. They just don't have the funds to do so currently.
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  9. Posts : 2,588
    Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
       #9

    magnetite said:
    I know a few people who still use XP. It's not because they don't want to upgrade. They just don't have the funds to do so currently.
    Download Ubuntu | Ubuntu!

    Just sayin

    I am actually thinking about dual booting my win7 computer with it because my work is thinking about switching completely due to lack of funds
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