#BLISS WINDOWS XP UPGRADE#
Really, Really Can’t Upgrade (Not very common outside of the sphere of the “sciences”) – My computer is attached to very expensive hardware that is not compatible with any of Microsoft newer OSes, so I cannot upgrade from XP.Therefore I cannot upgrade my computer to a newer OS. Can’t Upgrade – I need XP to run important or mission critical applications that will not run under newer OSes.I don’t want to, or cannot afford to upgrade my computer hardware, just to run a new OS. Why Upgrade – Windows XP does what I need, and keeps (my generally older) hardware running along happily.The reasons for which users have stuck with Windows XP are numerous, but generally seem to fall into three distinct camps: It’s even likely that sometime soon after this date, institutional users of XP will see their network access curtailed or modified to prevent security problems to both themselves as well as other on the network. will be able to target a huge population of “undefended” computers, with potentially less than ideal results for both institutions and private owners. So, as of April next year this means that hackers, et al. Still, by all accounts as of February 8th, 2014, Windows XP computers will no longer be “supported.” This means that Microsoft will stop issuing patches of any kind, including security updates, for these computers. Since 2008 Microsoft has issued more stays of execution for XP than any death rower could ever hope for. Here at W&M, machines running XP fortunately now only account for roughly 5% of the College-owned machines.
#BLISS WINDOWS XP MAC OS#
To put this into perspective, this is still a larger market share, excluding Windows 7, than Windows 8.x, Mac OS 10.x, Linux and all other computer OSes combined! It’s quite likely that a smaller but a significant percentage of you reading this article personally own a machine running XP. Arguably it is the most successful operating system (OS) ever, and even today, after the release of two other major OSes by Microsoft, it is still used by about 30% of the world’s computers. Microsoft introduced Windows XP in 2001, nearly an eternity ago in the age of computers, and continues to support it through today.