Windows XP is still used by various Banking Institutions and Governmental

Here we are talking about Windows XP to report the last appeal of Microsoft addressed this time to all the institutions scattered around the world who continue "stubbornly" to use the old OS. If it is also well established that many users "domestic" are not going to be upgraded, in that 30% of PCs worldwide that run on this platform obsolete there are many government institutions and banks.

Only a few days ago in fact, Microsoft had emphasized above all in emerging countries like India, 40% of the banks still works with Windows XP, thus endangering the entire system-level security. The Redmond Company obviously recommends that you upgrade to Windows 8/8.1, not only clearly due to the sale, but also and especially for security issues and technical support which itself is a different development team.

You will feel confident knowing that your bank using Windows XP?

Rhetoric aside, as we all know XP's days are numbered, April 8, 2014, getting closer and at that point the various institutions, businesses and individuals who need assistance continues, must necessarily make a decision.

The withdrawal of Windows XP could revive PC sales

In good or bad Windows XP continues to be talked about. Despite the important market share in employment (37%), which places him in second place after Windows 7, the dinosaur of Operating Systems is now cornered by Microsoft mom who would like to see it drop below 10% by April 2014, the date of retirement decided some time.

According to a new study by Gartner, the withdrawal of Windows XP (or at least the end of support from Microsoft) could affect in a decisive way on the resumption of sales of PC , especially in a market like the U.S.. In particular, continues to Gartner, the professional segment will be the one that will bring the best results, this view of the important market share achieved in recent years and witnessed by industry giants such as HP, Dell and Lenovo.

In consumer, however, things will be different since the user will not be forced to use XP upgrade that much, and while not receiving support will continue, with due attention paid, to exploit his old PC.

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Microsoft: Windows 8 stop working in 2018?

In last week's news of a more jokes and commented on the web is certainly that relating to the sales of Windows 8 , sales "hampered" in some way from the old brother Windows XP. Users loyal to XP still form a large part of the market estimated in 45%, a "block" consists granite are not only the classic home users but also by companies and organizations scattered around the world.

Flying over the methods that Microsoft is planning to implement in order to facilitate this transition, primarily the retirement of XP defined in 2014, today's news tells us how the software giant is determined to repeat the same mistakes of the past, if error you can always talk to.

The latest news is this time the retirement date of Windows 8, we speak of course of that platform Mainstream. The company announced a date of "maturity" that supports the 2018, ie 6 years compared with 9 provided at the time of Windows XP. As shown in the table below, the Extended Support comes however to 2013 and covers almost 11 years, considering that Windows 8 was presented 25, October 2012.

As regards the version RT for Tablet is rumored instead of mainstream support will end in 2017. So a month after the debut is already talk of retirement, it will be a move to Microsoft due to criticism especially in a desktop environment?

The company meanwhile continues its promotion policy for Windows 8 even if it seems that works on Windows 9 are already in place.

Windows XP clients are not fascinated by Windows 8

In this week we have repeatedly touches on, Windows 8 is trying to make his way through what has been the best-selling operating system Windows XP and the currently most used and liked by the masses, Windows 7. Leaving aside the issues relating to sales and the aspect of functionality with interface and so on; there is certainly to be considered the most difficult to scratch, we speak of habit.

According to said Andy Trish, dealer NCI Technologies, Windows XP clients are not fascinated in switching to Windows 8, mainly because many people use the same system for 11 years and do not think of any way to change. The only way to reverse this trend, according to Trish, would be to focus on the security front, maybe finding some particular flaw.

At this point, however, encounter another obstacle, namely that Microsoft will support Windows XP until 2014. We talked about this and reiterate as obviously this is too long a period of time if we think commercially. At this point, so they may intervene indirectly Antivirus companies but could not help but deny the compatibility of future releases to the old operating system, a move that because the volume of Windows XP seems unlikely.

Dying only two years, Windows XP and Office 2003

August 24, 2001, Windows XP, the formal completion of the RTM version of Bill Gates and Jim Allchin, Microsoft's vice president personally fly the Windows XP code sent to the hands of PC manufacturers. October 25, 2001, Windows XP official global listed.

 

In January 2006, Windows Vista is officially released. The retail version of Windows XP on June 30, 2008 to stop selling the OEM version of the final on October 22, 2010 to stop selling. Microsoft has repeatedly recommended that the existing Windows XP users to upgrade to Windows 7, the official blog today, Microsoft is the last time to remind everyone, Windows XP and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014, completely removed from the stage of history .

In other words, in the future to two years, business users must upgrade from Windows XP to a newer version. Microsoft recommends that we should not wait for Windows 8 and Office 2012, but should migrate to Windows 7 and Office 2010 . Windows 7 has sold 525 million copies, many consumers are already familiar with and use Windows 7 convenience.