The wind is coming again! Who will take over the status after XP withdraws from the market

Foreword: On April 8th, 2014, the XP system with the largest customer base in the market will be delisted. Before delisting, we can't help but guess who will take over the position of the martial arts supreme. It is new. The up-and-coming Win8.1 system, or the Ubuntu13.04 system with the support of the ancestor Kaiyuan? The system is about to resurrect, and finally who is the system, and please listen to me.

First, let's introduce the candidate.

1. Win8.1 system

As the Win8.1 system just released in October this year, we can also call it an upgraded version of Win8. As a rising star, but has a system that its owner is most supportive.

Can Win8.1 replace XP? First, we have to compare the two. Compared with XP system, Win8.1 interface revision will change a lot, for XP users will bring a complete change in the usage habits, and then run most of the old machine hardware of XP system, therefore, how to withstand XP system The original device has become an urgent problem for Win8.1.

Let's first look at the minimum accessory requirements for XP systems:

Pentium 233 megahertz (MHz) processor and above (300 MHz recommended)

• Memory 64MB, 128MB recommended

• Minimum 1.5G storage space

• Requires CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive

• Keyboard and mouse device

• video display card, support VGA (800 x 600) and above display scheme

and Win8.1 system minimum hardware requirements:

• processor: need to support PAE , NX, SSE2 and other technologies, 1GHZ and above frequency

• Running memory: 32-bit system, 1GB, 64-bit system, 2GB

• Local disk: 32-bit system, Need 16G, 64-bit system, need 20G

• Graphics card: Support DirectX 9 graphics device

In summary, from the minimum requirements of the system, to upgrade Win8.1 system, Users need to update their old hardware, at least replace a CPU processor that supports 64-bit instructions, with a memory of more than 2G. Such Win8.1 does not seem to dominate!

2, Ubuntu articles

Perhaps you will think that as an open source system Ubuntu system, the desktop market share is only 1%, completely not Win8 .1 opponent. However, Ubuntu has experienced multiple versions of development, and its user interface has been improved. The functions and alternative software required by ordinary users can be found on the Linux platform. In particular, Ubuntu systems have built-in software management, various software or games. Can be found in the store. For example, Word word processing or image editor.

Ubuntu 13.10 system minimum hardware requirements:

• Minimum 700 MHz processor, such as Intel Celeron and above

• Requires 512MB of running memory < Br>

• Requires 5GB of storage space

• Supports VGA video card and 1024x768 screen resolution

• CD/DVD drive and USB interface

Other Linux derivatives have lower hardware requirements, such as Lubuntu:

• Pentium II or Celeron processor

• 128 MB running memory

• 5GB storage Space

Second, the ultimate PK:

From the hardware level, for users who have old machines before XP, if you want to use Win8.1 system, you need additional hardware and software. expenditure.

And to experience the open source system such as Ubuntu, you only need to upgrade some hardware, you can run smoothly, and some of the Windows software used in daily use can also find corresponding substitutes on the Linux platform.

Final result:

Who can replace the XP system or a large customer base, the system will change dramatically. The end result is in the hands of customers, XP users, who do you want to replace the XP system?