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Maybe because Windows XP is 12 years old now, and people who use Windows XP are mostly from third world countries who don't really care wether they have IE6 or

by usaphp 13y ago

Maybe because Windows XP is 12 years old now, and people who use Windows XP are mostly from third world countries who don't really care wether they have IE6 or IE11 installed.

300bps 13y ago
There are, sadly, a ton of Enterprise clients still using Windows XP as well as a ton of home users in first world countries. Windows XP still works "good enough" for most computing tasks. Having said that, since I'm used to more modern operating systems I find I'm lost on XP now but for people that never left it, it generally works "good enough".
- mgkimsal 13y ago
  "Windows XP still works "good enough" for most computing tasks." Well... when those computing tasks increasingly involve using web services, then no, Windows XP doesn't still work "good enough".
  - mixmastamyk 13y ago
    What do web services have to do with XP?
    - mgkimsal 13y ago
      If I reword that as "services on the web", does that make it any clearer?
      - phaemon 13y ago
        No, it still sounds equally daft. You are aware that the latest version of Firefox runs on XP, right? So what "services on the web" do you think are affected by running XP?
      - 300bps 13y ago
        That doesn't help at all. I think you mean applications on the web that aren't compatible with Internet Explorer 8 which is the latest version of Internet Explorer that Windows XP can install. But that is negated by the fact that the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox work fine on Windows XP so that is not an issue.
Pxtl 13y ago
For a computer-buyer? It's 6 years old, not 12. If you bought a computer in January 2007, it ran Windows XP. That computer could've been a 2 Ghz dual-core 64-bit machine that should still run fine today, but the operating-system bundled with it is end-of-life. We all know computer sales are in a slump because quite frankly a computer from 2007 is fine at most of today's computing tasks. So are you really shocked that users of such machines are bothered by the fact that their OS is now unsupported with no free-upgrade path?
tbrownaw 13y ago
people who use Windows XP are mostly from third world countries We're still being migrated from XP to Win7, if they keep doing the upgrades as people's computers come off lease (so they avoid extra downtime) I think the projected finish date was mid/early next year. At least 3 of my coworkers (~20 person team inside IT) are still on XP, this is a largish US corporation.

by usaphp 13y ago

Maybe because Windows XP is 12 years old now, and people who use Windows XP are mostly from third world countries who don't really care wether they have IE6 or IE11 installed.

300bps 13y ago

There are, sadly, a ton of Enterprise clients still using Windows XP as well as a ton of home users in first world countries. Windows XP still works "good enough" for most computing tasks. Having said that, since I'm used to more modern operating systems I find I'm lost on XP now but for people that never left it, it generally works "good enough".

mgkimsal 13y ago
"Windows XP still works "good enough" for most computing tasks." Well... when those computing tasks increasingly involve using web services, then no, Windows XP doesn't still work "good enough".
- mixmastamyk 13y ago
  What do web services have to do with XP?
  - mgkimsal 13y ago
    If I reword that as "services on the web", does that make it any clearer?
    - phaemon 13y ago
      No, it still sounds equally daft. You are aware that the latest version of Firefox runs on XP, right? So what "services on the web" do you think are affected by running XP?
    - 300bps 13y ago
      That doesn't help at all. I think you mean applications on the web that aren't compatible with Internet Explorer 8 which is the latest version of Internet Explorer that Windows XP can install. But that is negated by the fact that the latest versions of Chrome and Firefox work fine on Windows XP so that is not an issue.

Pxtl 13y ago

For a computer-buyer? It's 6 years old, not 12. If you bought a computer in January 2007, it ran Windows XP. That computer could've been a 2 Ghz dual-core 64-bit machine that should still run fine today, but the operating-system bundled with it is end-of-life. We all know computer sales are in a slump because quite frankly a computer from 2007 is fine at most of today's computing tasks. So are you really shocked that users of such machines are bothered by the fact that their OS is now unsupported with no free-upgrade path?

tbrownaw 13y ago

people who use Windows XP are mostly from third world countries We're still being migrated from XP to Win7, if they keep doing the upgrades as people's computers come off lease (so they avoid extra downtime) I think the projected finish date was mid/early next year. At least 3 of my coworkers (~20 person team inside IT) are still on XP, this is a largish US corporation.