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For those of you wondering, this is how much time is left before Windows XP is finally put out to pasture.
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Nah, just higher adoption of Windows 7 . Good time to grab 7, too: I've seen several places that have Windows 7 Professional OEM versions on sale for ~$90 US right now .Somehow, somewhere there are Microsoft employees that actually believe this is a countdown to the success of Windows 8.
XP... you had a good run.
Nah, just higher adoption of Windows 7 . Good time to grab 7, too: I've seen several places that have Windows 7 Professional OEM versions on sale for ~$90 US right now .
XP... you had a good run.
The start of Linux will soon approach. I wonder how Microsoft is doing with that free version of Windows 8.
Upgrading to 7 is a retarded idea. You're upgrading from a 13 year old OS to a 5 year old OS.
while I see your point, I don't really think it is off topic
I just ran the update tool on the Palomino based CNC drivers out in the shop...unsupported instruction set, no 8.1 for them
I have absolutely no need, nor intention, to replace this hardware, in fact parallel ports are getting pretty hard to come by in new parts.
I am now, finally, for the first time seriously researching migration to a *nix based CNC suite. I can't be the only one.
I wonder how long I will continue to see XP boxes here at work
Upgrading to 7 is a retarded idea. You're upgrading from a 13 year old OS to a 5 year old OS.
meh, my CNC machine still has a PC running XP, and will probably continue to run XP till the machine retires in forever from now... it works just fine... even *gasp* has internet access and haven't had any issues...
I see your point, but Windows 8.
The start of Linux will soon approach. I wonder how Microsoft is doing with that free version of Windows 8.
Someone needs to put up a countdown for Windows 7. I can't wait for Windows 7 to die.
Well I hope whoever wrote the risk analysis for that company was very thorough because their liability is about to go through the roof with HIPAA and Meaningful Use.None of it matters, XP will continue to be widely used by corporate clients, for example, the company that runs hospitals around here and 4 other states has no plans to abandon XP and every instrument and every software they use runs on XP. To them it's completely irrelevant that Microsoft will stop patching XP since their machines are not on the Internet and access to the intranet is strictly controlled (i.e. no wireless devices on the Intranet, two factor authentication to log into a machine, etc.).
Also, LOLinux. I wish I had a buck for every time someone posted on the Internet that Linux will take over the desktop space, I'd be so filthy rich.
Somehow, somewhere there are Microsoft employees that actually believe this is a countdown to the success of Windows 8.
We're about to do a slide in for home run. Management is very pleased as they thought it couldn't be done on schedule, but we're down from several thousand to 52 XP machines left. Woot!We're just getting started with the actual migration.
Targeting EOM June for all workstations.
We're about to do a slide in for home run. Management is very pleased as they thought it couldn't be done on schedule, but we're down from several thousand to 52 XP machines left. Woot!
It will be interesting to watch how (slowly) XP's share dips each month even after support officially ends. And I do wonder if most of those systems will be replaced at all. IOW, whether they'll be used until they die of hardware failures, or if they'll be replaced by non-Windows tablets.
I wouldn't think that to be the primary reason why 400-odd million PCs are still running XP right now. Outside of corporations, which just may not want to go through an OS upgrade on a large scale due to potential software incompatibilities and/or retraining costs, there are likely other main reasons individuals aren't moving from XP. The Vista and Win8.x debacles probably didn't instill much confidence in the fence sitters.a lot of these machines are running hardware that is too expensive to replace, or simply has no reason to be replaced...