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April 2014: end of Windows XP!
Even though it was claimed the ' lives ' Windows XP would extend up to 2020, Microsoft is increasingly vigorous appealed its users to switch to Windows 7. The reason, this version of the OS would actually be ' inducted ' in April 2014.
Community Manager for Windows Stephen Rose says many third-party software providers are reluctant to extend support for their application in Windows XP. That is, the risks and complexities faced by users of XP are getting bigger. Companies are still using this OS also have to spend more in order to cost management.
In addition to eliminating all the security updates for WINDOWS XP, Microsoft is also working to direct the users leave XP via Internet Explorer 9 browser devices that don't support OS. IE9 can run on a version of Vista or Windows 7. So as reported by Yahoo News, Wednesday (1/7/2011).
Of course, Microsoft invites users to leave the persistence of XP because of the presence of the version of Windows 7, now the district has been used by 27 per cent of the PC. In fact, Microsoft is expected to designate its newest OS, Windows 8, the next year. According to Rose, Windows 7 has now been adopted by several large companies including Boeing, Dell, Samsung and BMW.
Even so, according to Net Applications, XP users are still very much. Currently XP is still used by 51 percent the rest of the PC in the world. Some analysts also estimate that represents around 60 percent of XP computer company.
Meanwhile, the research firm Gartner signals that more than 50 percent of organizations that do not begin to adopt Windows 7 in early 2012 later will not solve the prose there to support for XP is really over. They seem to be quite willing to spend extra to maintain Windows XP.
Analysts for Information Technology Intelligence Corp. Laura DiDio reminiscent of Microsoft to not impose users migrated to the new OS of XP it before actually ready. His opinion, "the Division of IT in quite a worry with the problems faced by XP, but it's still running OS, they are nonetheless quite satisfied."
Some other users, according to DiDio, will wait until 2014, or even up to the launch of Windows 7 next year, prior to finally upgrade their computer's operating system.