Win8 launch Win XP upgrade time is coming

  

Computer shop news: Whether this is a coincidence, Windows 8 was launched on October 26, the same day, 11 years ago, the most popular operating system & mdash; & mdash; Windows XP came out. Until recently, Windows XP dominated the computer world, and no other operating system had done it before or after. In 2007, XP accounted for four-fifths of the computer operating system market. Even today, Microsoft has released at least three generations of products to try to replace it, but XP is still the second most popular operating system, accounting for a quarter of the 1.5 billion PCs.

Your customers have a large number of XP computers in their hands, and every time Microsoft releases a new operating system, they have considered upgrading. Vista was launched in January 2007, Windows 7 was released in October 2009, and Windows 8 was released in October 2012. Every time before, you gave up because XP is enough. Update the latest security package, fix the vulnerability, turn off the flashy look and feel, and turn on the security feature. XP is still a streamlined and powerful operating system that can run subsequent functions. everything is over. According to your opinion, customers are ready to admit that Win8 is Microsoft's best operating system, worth upgrading, and eventually replace Windows XP. Internally, Win8 is more secure, faster to start and exit, smoother, and more responsive, especially when using touchscreen-related features. The most impressive thing is that it rethinks the user interface —— it has a "dynamic porcelain paste" matrix, which can go directly to the already running program, and can also see some updates, such as dynamic messages, electronic Mail, SMS. In the era of multitasking and multimedia, this kind of large-scale concurrent computing is exactly what users need. In contrast, the old mouse-style operation pioneered by Apple, the early operation of Windows, and the operations still used by Linux and even the latest Macintosh OS X seem to be somewhat backward. Windows 8 Challenges
We need to recognize that Windows 8 has revolutionized the current user interface, but it requires users to change the habits they have developed over the years. Some users hope that Microsoft will continue to retain the "Start" button. After the launch of Windows 8, a generation of people who are accustomed to the "Start" button will face new learning challenges. The most worrying thing is the corporate market, because business users have to pay high fees and retrain their employees to keep up with the latest operating systems. In addition, in order to better experience the Windows 8 system, users are better to use touch screen devices, which will increase the upgrade cost. In the enterprise market, the current budget for purchasing PCs or other IT equipment has not recovered to the level before the recession, so the upgrade cycle will be extended from the previous three to four years to more than five years. As with all operating systems, Windows 8 may also encounter problems that are not compatible with older printers, scanners, video cards, or other hardware. In order to make their products compatible with Windows 8, hardware developers have to develop more drivers. Of course, some products may never be compatible with Windows 8, because hardware manufacturers are working to make new products run smoothly in dynamic block-based touch interfaces without the effort to develop drivers for older devices. The application will also face the same problem. In order to enable its software to seamlessly support Windows 8 and Windows RT systems, Microsoft re-developed the Office suite and many other programs, but some third-party software developers have yet to take action. Therefore, in Microsoft's Windows Store app store, the number of dynamic block-based applications is still small. In contrast, Apple's App Store app store has optimized the iPad for 275,000 apps. Therefore, we cannot expect that Windows 8 will soon be accepted by the enterprise market. Many business owners believe that Windows 7 is already able to meet their needs. This idea may continue until the next hardware upgrade cycle comes. At that time, they will purchase a new PC product to install Windows 8. Of course, this also depends on whether enterprise users can quickly accept Windows 8 and Windows RT. In the consumer market, Windows 8 will face different situations. According to data released by Microsoft, a total of 4 million upgrade copies were sold during the first weekend of Windows 8. Most of the users who bought these copies purchased Windows 7 computers after June of this year, and a small number of consumers paid $15 for the Windows 8 upgrade. In the next year, Windows 8 sales will mainly come from users who purchase Windows 8 computers or tablets. Why XP will rise to Windows 8
At present, there are still hundreds of millions of PCs in the world using Windows XP. What are the futures of these PC products? Starting April 8, 2014, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates, bug fixes, and technical support for Windows XP users for free. At that time, users need to make choices to determine whether their PC operating system is upgraded to the latest version of Windows, or to purchase specific technical support from Microsoft, or do nothing, just pray that their PC will not be hacked. Upgrading the system is only a matter of time, so industry insiders also advise users not to wait until the end. Windows 8 is great, but the point is that many older devices don't work with Windows 8. In order to solve this problem, Microsoft introduced a Windows 8 Upgrade Assistant application, which is available to users for free download. When the PC runs the upgrade assistant, the user can immediately know whether the device supports the Windows 8 system and whether the applications and drivers installed on the device are compatible with the new system. So what is the best choice for XP users? The answer is obvious, users can avoid Windows Vista and upgrade directly to Windows 7. Microsoft has said that it will provide technical support for Windows 7 by 2020. Of course, upgrading to Windows 7 will also face hardware incompatibility issues. However, Microsoft also offers the Windows 7 Upgrade Assistant app, which alerts users to which hardware is compatible and which is not. Under normal circumstances, Windows 7 is compatible with more hardware than Windows 8. Although upgrading to Windows 7 is very affordable, it does not mean that the upgrade process is very easy. From Windows Vista to Windows 7, users can insert the Windows 7 CD into the CD-ROM drive and click the upgrade button. However, if XP users upgrade directly to Windows 7 in this way, their stored files and settings will be Lost. Therefore, XP users must save all files and settings to the mobile hard disk or network storage space before upgrading, and users can restore these files and settings to the PC only after the upgrade process is completed. When this is done, the user will need to re-download all applications and update the various drivers. The good news is that there are tools to help users smoothly upgrade to Windows 7, such as Microsoft's Windows 7 Easy Transfer app. In addition, there are tools to help users find the latest drivers for hardware or peripherals. This will greatly reduce the difficulty for users to upgrade to Windows 7. Upgrading to Windows 7 does not greatly improve the performance of your PC, so is it worth it? Upgrading the system from XP to Windows 7 involves a lot of work, and some users are willing to pay for automatic transfer tools like Zinstall in order to avoid trouble. However, with Windows XP coming to an end, users can't pin everything on a vulnerable system. If the user's PC is attacked by malware, the whole life can get into chaos. Because there are so many PCs running Windows XP, and Microsoft wants users to upgrade to Windows 7, at least, the company should introduce new tools to streamline the upgrade process as soon as possible.

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