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An expert has suggested the reason
many have still not upgraded from
Windows XP may be more to do with
lethargy from IT departments than
customer satisfaction.
XP getting on a bit
Writing for Technologizer, Harry
McCracken explained how he conducted
a survey to see why people were
still using the operating system at
a time when it has just celebrated
its tenth anniversary and Microsoft
were preparing to release yet
another successor in the shape of
Windows 8 that would make XP even
more outdated.
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Upgrading
makes sense
Among the reasons why people may want to
upgrade are that mainstream support for the Windows XP operating
system ended in 2009, most new applications are written for Windows
7 or equivalents and the user account control function now offers
improved security.
Figures cited
by Ars Technica in the summer revealed that in July 2011 the
percentage of web users on XP dipped below 50 per cent. At the time,
the site claimed Windows 7 was gaining fast on its earlier iteration
and could overtake it by summer 2012.
McCracken
highlighted how he asked XP users in 2009 about their operating
system usage too, saying: "I find it intriguing that back then, very
[few] people said they were using XP only because it's what their
employers provided - and with the current survey, that's the number
1 reason."
He also
indicated that just nine per cent of the respondents to this year's
study said they use XP because they prefer it to either Windows 7 or
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