From the stop update, 500 days left downsdown xp

Computer store news: Like Windows 7, the biggest rival Windows 8 faces is not Apple Mac OS, not Linux, but its own old Windows XP. Windows Xp is really classic, and today it is still very amazing. However, Microsoft has made it clear that it will stop supporting Windows XP in April 2014. All patches and security packages will no longer be updated. This time is almost 500 days away. For some business users, there is a huge risk if they stop updating.

According to ZDNet statistics, 50.5% of computer users use Windows 7 or Vista systems, and 10.7% of computer users use Windows XP. There are currently about 500 million computers running on the market. Windows XP, so to eliminate these XPs in 500 days, an average of 1 million computers per day to upgrade to Windwos 7 or Windows 8, of course, this is impossible, because individual users are not so keen on upgrading.

However, for businesses, sometimes upgrades are a must. For example, in the UK, company protection data is mandatory and this requirement requires a risk assessment. If the data is built in a phase-out system, it will definitely be brought to court. In addition, the average company will spend thousands of dollars to insure the system, after the Windows XP system is outdated, the premium will rise.

Individual user upgrades are not as urgent as businesses, and whether Windows 8 can reach the height of Windows 7 is still unknown. Andy Trish, an executive at NCI Technologies, believes that many XP users are interested in Windows 8" Trish said that he wants to upgrade XP users unless there are major vulnerabilities that seriously affect their daily work, and many antivirus companies are still launching anti-virus software for Windows XP. Microsoft plans to achieve the goal of selling 400 million Win8 devices next year. I wonder if this goal can be achieved.