Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
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Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
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Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#2The Chinese government should try and switch the Chinese faster to the new national OS, Ubuntu.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/ubuntu-to-become-the-offi...
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#3For the avg user that only needs internet, office, and music/movies Windows XP is good enough. What does Vista/7/8 offer a person using a Pentium 4 level computer? Nothing really worth paying for.
I am surprised MS doesn't get more credit for XP which could be seen as a relativity dependable workhorse. Problem is for MS of course they ended the need for the users to upgrade.
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#4Of course these users would likely be well served(for the most part) by a GNU/Linux distribution, and with many of them the difference between XP and Windows 8 may be greater than the differences between XP and a typical CentOS installation, or even some of the more adventurous environments. The great thing is, in relation to the concerns Microsoft has put on this infographic, Windows 8 is not the natural choice.
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#5Not just Asia, I've yet to find something that I need beyond XP for, and the US government uses XP everywhere.
(though Firefox lack of mpeg4 support is annoying because we don't have windows media foundation on XP)
Will grudgingly look at Windows 7 in 2014 when security fixes cease.
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#6Not just Asia, I've yet to find something that I need beyond XP for, and the US government uses XP everywhere. (though Firefox lack of mpeg4 support is annoying because we don't have windows media foundation on XP) Will grudgingly look at Windows 7 in 2014 when security fixes cease.
I'm interested, are you talking about for your own personal use or do you manage IT for a company?
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#7And those users don't care for support or security updates. Majority are not using the genuine Windows anyway and Vista/7/8 don't really provide anything extra to a regular user over XP.
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#8This is likely due to privacy; particularly in countries like China.
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#9Not just Asia, I've yet to find something that I need beyond XP for, and the US government uses XP everywhere. (though Firefox lack of mpeg4 support is annoying because we don't have windows media foundation on XP) Will grudgingly look at Windows 7 in 2014 when security fixes cease.
One example: (As far as I know,) XP doesn't have TRIM support, and this makes SSDs on that platform far less less attractive.
Re: Millions in Asia still on Windows XP
#10XP+IE = endless source of botnets. And now they have to pay to upgrade to a sane and secure OS ... they'd be better off with Linux.