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Solve : XP’s death will save the PCs? |
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Answer» The full TITLE is: This article is from last year.Of course! But does Dell still think that way? If their premise is even half true, there should be an increase in business PC sales this year; after business users realize there will be not more security updates. But I doubt the average user will go out a buy a new PC just because Windows XP is now very old. An the security issue is not a real problem in the mind of the typical user. EDIT: This was not to be a NEWS story. But to give you a new rumor, read how the Monty Fool predicts t in 2014 - Microsoft's Windows Finally Dies Windows XP is leaving extended support. All that means is that it will no longer receive security updates. Does this mean it will become a bigger malware target? Well, I'd say No. XP is already the biggest malware target- trying to infect and take over a Windows XP machine is about as easy as getting water out of a colander. Additionally, if people couldn't be moved off XP in the last 13 years, I doubt XP leaving extended support will have as much of an impact. And in terms of businesses, Companies have to pay for an Extended Support contract from Microsoft to get any support in the Extended support period. I'm just not convinced by Mr. Lore (awesome name, given what he's saying is pretty much made up) 'estimate' that people will decide to dump XP and buy new hardware because now XP isn't receiving security updates. Thing is, if they were really all that fussed about security, they would not be using Windows XP anymore anyway. The way so many articles discuss it you would think every copy of Windows XP is going to self-destruct and refuse to work again once Extended support STOPS. |
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