Microsoft will officially stop all technical support for Windows XP on April 8. This service, which has been running for 13 years, will officially withdraw from the historical stage on the same day. This day is actually next Tuesday, so we may not Do not prepare for this.
We have repeatedly stressed that WinXP will face security difficulties after losing Microsoft's security patch, but in fact XP's trouble is not limited to this, the driver is also an increasingly prominent problem. We will find that the new products almost all consciously choose to avoid the XP system, directly support Vista or even Win7 system, which has to attract our attention.
Windows XP
Some people may think that the compatibility of the old system should be better, but in fact it is because the age is too long to have such a problem. The general situation is that the compatibility with the previous products is very good. But for new products, you will obviously feel powerless. Even if the new product supports running on XP, it is limited to the most basic functions, and the innovative new features are almost missed.
It is not surprising that such a situation arises. First of all, we consider the cost issue. Product developers will strictly control the investment of the project when developing new products. Since the kernel of the XP system is a very early version, it requires extra manpower and material resources to drive the development of new products. This is obviously unreasonable for profit-seeking companies, and this year's XP share decline in the world has also eliminated more consideration from manufacturers.
Windows XP compatibility issues with new devices
Of course, in terms of XP itself and other functions, device vendors have enough reasons to stop supporting XP. Graphics cards are a very obvious example. We will find that the support of the new model graphics card will basically be controlled above Vista. The reason is very simple, that is, the new graphics card function can not be used even on XP, such as support for Direct X11/12.
In fact, this also led to the same problem in software XP, more games no longer support XP system, the reason is that new graphics effects or functions can not be performed on XP, resulting in the experience on XP Directly dropped multiple grades. But for the players is the problem of game development, in order to avoid the recruitment of people, many game manufacturers simply gave up the XP. This forces the game player to upgrade the system, we can see that the game player's upgrade enthusiasm is very high, currently on the Steam game platform, Win7 64-bit system has become the first game system, and Win8 is also close behind.
More and more games don't support XP
We use games as examples because the game is more representative. In fact, such problems are very common in other software. We can't deny that XP is far from reality. The fact that the farther comes.
If we need to use the latest hardware products, peripherals and new software technologies, the abandonment of the XP upgrade system seems to be the only way.