Microsoft: Windows XP Users Are Missing Out

[Binx]

The problem for me is money. If I had a job, I might be able to buy a new computer. Yes, I said might. As it is, I am grateful my 8-year-old Gateway is still working, sort of. My CD and DVD R/W discs no longer work and I have recently started having problems with the mouse. Buying a new wireless one helped, for a few weeks. Now I am back to using the old one. I would need help if I switched to a newer operating system. I had problems with Windows 95, too, at the end. Then there was no way to upgrade to a newer OS with my old computer, because it couldn't handle Windows XP and the Windows 98 OS or NT was no longer being marketed by that time. So I will have to continue to take my chances with XP until this computer is no longer functioning. And I hope it will keep working for a long time. I guess it's like a car. Some people can afford to buy a new one every few years; others run theirs into the ground.

 

[virtualban]

I am missing out, as the article says. I am missing out on the free space in my wallet for an OS that costs more than the hardware it would reside on (the old computer, since for the new computer with over 9000 MB of memory, w7x64 was the only reasonable choice, duh)

 

[Paulb47]

I don't see how people can complain about having to upgrade. ...

If you don't understand that like the automobile industry the PC industry is based on planned obsolescence, arbitrary model changes (upgrades) and desire manufactured on Madison Ave., then you're right---there is MUCH you don't see.

 

[dwdesign]

I don't see how people can complain about having to upgrade. This should not be a surprise to anyone and everyone should have plenty in their budget to cover the upgrades, you have had 10+ years to plan and save for it.Lets take the car analogy. You don't buy a car and then piss and moan at Ford, Chevy, whoever when it dies after 300,000 miles (thats about the equivalent to XP right now). From the first day you buy the car you should be saving for a repair fund. Eventually those repairs become too costly and your repair fund should be large enough by then that you can look at purchasing a new car. Of course a mechanic is going to be able to get a few extra years out of a car that he/she owns but for the majority of people its a better deal to get a new a reliable car than stick with the old money pit.Long story short, if you don't have it in your budget to upgrade your machines you aren't very good at budgeting.

Why fix it when it's not broken. I have 10k of software that won't run on 7 and above. I am a at home designer. I obviously don't make the cash you do.

 

[littleleo]

Business owners think of computers like office equipment they want to be able to use them until they break down and can't be fixed any more. New chairs come out all the time but if yours works you not going to upgrade to a new one until your breaks and you can't use it any more. Some owners get it but many still have that old mindset "if it ain't broke don't fix it".