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    Can Microsoft Win Over Windows XP Clingers? Discussion

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andy Patrizio, Apr 17, 2013.

  1. Andy Patrizio

    Andy Patrizio Notebook Enthusiast NBR Reviewer

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    Andy Patrizio, Apr 17, 2013
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  2. Ahbeyvuhgehduh

    Ahbeyvuhgehduh Lost in contemplation....

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    Hate to say it, but there _are_ some businesses out there who either have perfectly operational networks based on Win XP Pro and/or individuals or SoHo who still use apps not supported by Windows Vista and above.... :\
     
    Ahbeyvuhgehduh, Apr 17, 2013
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  3. Jarhead

    Jarhead 恋の♡アカサタナ

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    Honestly, so long as a company's application(s) work fine on XP, and the company network is properly secured from outside threats, I don't see a compelling reason to upgrade from XP to 8, or even 7.
     
    Jarhead, Apr 17, 2013
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  4. jcvjcvjcvjcv

    jcvjcvjcvjcv Notebook Evangelist

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    Let's see....

    With a newer Windows I loose...

    Great audio in some games (Creative X-Fi EAX)
    Some functions in the nVidia drivers
    A day to migrate everything

    And I gain....
    Better 64 bit support



    As for the intertoys edition of windows (Windows 8): I wouldn't "upgrade" to that if it was free...
     
    jcvjcvjcvjcv, Apr 21, 2013
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  5. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Yup, businesses crave compatibility and lower cost over having the latest and greatest. Microsoft will have to show that upgrading offers them something that trumps that before they upgrade. I haven't seen that yet. I saw somewhere, maybe Engadget, that Microsoft was making the next version of Windows more desktop friendly. Users will be able to boot to the desktop instead of the start screen. In my limited experience with it, I liked the start screen, but it's clearly made for tablets and should not have been jammed down everyone's throat.
     
    ZaZ, Apr 22, 2013
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