Numbers Show Windows XP Still Rules The World

[beachbod]

I just reinstalled Xp from Windows 7 yesterday as a matter of fact and its running so much faster. What a relief! I think im going to have to get a SSD before I try any other OS.

 

[mariusmotea]

If you are behind a router with no ports forwarded to your windows xp machine and use a modern browser to surf the internet (like chrome, opera, firefox) then you don't have to make any worries after aprill 2014.

 

[aredeecee]

Linux next

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]jdwii[/nom]I hate this argument so much a lot of business are not going to do this and the added cost. And the free ones don't look the same. Windows 8 is so bad Microsoft had to send 2 emails to the user just to teach them how to use itWindows 8 is so bad Staples had to make a 30min tutorialWindows 8 is so bad Start8 has to existent just to make it more enjoyable and more multitasker friendly(since metro takes the whole screen)[/citation]
Of course, now there are dozens of free programs that restore Start Menu, there is no reason to officially bring it back, the cottage industry of useful freeware is what Windows has ALWAYS been about

 

[ojas]

Either i read the title wrong, or Tom's doesn't proofread, but the article says that 7's got the lead.

Anyway, these are the numbers from steam (scroll to the bottom):
http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/

While i do like 7 better than XP, 8's not good at all. A lot of people in my college (engineering) ended up getting (non-touch) windows 8 laptops, and i've not been hearing nice things about the OS (how do you shut it down? how do you boot from a pen drive? i wish i could switch back to 7 but HP didn't let us!) and i realize that i had it easy, when i used n touchscreen laptops (and still disliked it).

 

[demonhorde665]

"Microsoft's current zombie OS Windows 98 still isn't going down without a fight, eating a highly impressive 0.01-percent chunk out of the desktop OS carcass… talk about the living dead!"


why is that so suprising, consider the fact that some old folks haven';t updated theri pc in ages (my grandma is still of win 98 pc {offline PC}). then don't forget teh retro gaming crowd. loop hole hopping and hacking old game codes and New OS quick fixes aside , the best way to play those really old as dirt games is to build an old as dirt PC with an old as dirt OS. actually i'll be looking for a copy of win 98 soon myself , just to build a nostalgia gaming rig.

 

[susyque747]

[citation][nom]jupiter optimus maximus[/nom]After April 8, 2014, I will likely go to Kubuntu as my main OS and WINE to run Windows applications in Linux.[/citation]
Just started doing that on my gaming rig but with Ubuntu and Win 7. Ubuntu because of STEAM is now available for Ubuntu. WINE is running my older legacy games that 7 does not like and/or refuses to run. Linux still has to have some work arounds but I see it as a learning experience.

 

[gtvr]

Why is the title "Numbers Show Windows XP Still Rules The World" but the article says Win 7 is the number 1?

 

[Guest]

K-zon,

Think it is just a mainstream debate and most within regards to probably has given there is alot of within that is different within a regards of to probably still there for the intial interest of such to find of in the first place and still saying any further is an idea of loss for for that of any regards to that is still to say have of.

Would be nice to probably say having the newer OS at time would be nice, but probably on the ideas left for no cost of such for to have.

Especially on a P.C. debate.

Should be right anyways, im using a windows 7 OS on a Laptop/notebook and its say world of a regards worth only places what use within a use to but on no better. Kinda of like in gaming when the cinematics changes from gameplay but just for an OS and "system". Or even on Consoles.

Basically even the "more" hardware is about as reliable for a difference then the software in use of. Still is an OS debate at a time.

Even the related stories through a regards worth of interest withinof to fors and still says maintains the worth of the difference otherwise for what is probably placed to to find to have that says is a find to have.

 

[Mezz7DD]

Despite repeating the general sentiments, businesses tend to use what they've already paid for. Until you can prove XP costs more to keep going than buying Windows 7, the people with the money don't really listen. Especially in smaller companies.

As an aside, I ended up being called in to fix a virus outbreak in a Chemical research lab about 5 years ago (to supplement their in house IT). Everything that was on the network and running XP was completely borked. The thing was, the same network had about 6 Windows 98 machines which were used for some sort of custom chemical analysis software. Due to their age they all worked perfectly. If I remember rightly it was the fact that the virus produced an error about missing DLLs on the Windows 98 machines that helped us fix the faults on Windows XP.

So its not all doom and gloom once end of life appears (although it is very risky).

 

[Pherule]

"Windows XP. This decrepit, ancient platform..."

Oh what twat.

"As shown here, Microsoft is warning users that support for both Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 will end on April 8, 2014. If you thought the current malware situation was bad..."

I'm running XP (SP3 offline installer) with no updates since SP3 installed, and my system is perfectly secure. How, you might ask? Comodo. That's how. Speaking of Office 2003, I'm still on Office 2000, and have no plans on upgrading it. If I do eventually upgrade, I will most certainly not go with MS again. I'll pick LibreOffice.

 

[saso bitola]

in my country many computers run Windows 98 🙂

 

[mrdowntownkiller]

lol

 

[kineticsteel]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]Either i read the title wrong, or Tom's doesn't proofread, but the article says that 7's got the lead.Anyway, these are the numbers from steam (scroll to the bottom):http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/directx/.[/citation]

The steam hardware survey is very interesting; but you have to remember that the hardware survey is very skewed if your trying to look at the general computer market in general.
In order to participate in the steam hardware survey, you generally have STEAM installed, which means you are generally a gamer, which means you are more likely to be a computer enthusiast with a gaming rig so you can play all the latest and greatest games.
Also, steam requires the hardware survey to participate to in some betas, so certain parts of the overall gamer market are over represented in the survey.

I agree tom's title was abit misleading. But I think they were trying to emphasize that the XP still maintains a relatively huge market share despite being old, and not trying to say it is still the number one OS.

 

[kitkat100]

Guess I've been sort of asleep the past few years. I've just realized my latest PC (DIY) is now 7 years old and my kids' hand-me-downs are 10-12 years old. All running XP Pro and, as we don't do the hardcore gaming, they've been quite fine for Internet access, running word processing programs, etc... However, I feel it's time to build another computer and this time will install Windows 7. Might convert one of the older machines to Linux. My husband's lab still has a machine with Windows NT.

 

[soundping]

If Microsoft isn't supporting an older operating system they should make it open source.

 

[corvak]

Most of the XP users now are people who don't upgrade their until a complete system failure. In their case, XP remains the best option, as their hardware is from the same era.

 

[nd22]

FYI: all updates for Windows server 2003 can be installed manually on Windows XP with no modifications required. End of support for Windows server 2003 is July 14 2015.
The main reason for not upgrading is very simple: compatibility with old hardware/software (this is my case at least) and the famous “if it’s not broke don’t fix it”.

 

[chechak]

so winxp is like zombie LOL ...even win7 has xp mode(zombie mode) 😀

 

[xfrank]

I have five computers at home, two desktops and three laptops: two runs 7, two XP and one Linux mint. In my work i have a desktop with XP.
XP is still a solid OS, 7 is good on new hardware and linux is my dream (If for me, I would change all my computers to Linux, but I need MS Office and some other useful programs).

 

[Radeon ghast]

yeah my school used to have xp but now it has win7 i was like WOOHOO and then NO EYE CANDY so yeah and its so slow nothing works wish they still had xp

 

[kayot]

I'd use XP64 still if my SSD and DrivePool would work with it. I hate using 7 and by extension, Server 2012. I had to use a Server OS to get back some of what I used to have with XP. If DrivePool would support XP I'd consider dropping my SSD and go back.