\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/over-40-computer-users-still-using-decade-old-144116992.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Thebtech guys at work still require XP. Vista was a disaster. I have Windows 7 at home. And all Apple equipment is current. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I think there's a few reasons for this: 1.) Lack of compelling reasons to upgrade. What does Windows Vista/7 really get you? Dropping support for new patches for Windows XP is one of the biggest reasons to make the jump. 2.) Vista's bad rep. I personally think Vista was a decent operating system after the hardware caught up to it. Once it finally did, the bad press was already out, and companies had made the decision to wait for the next version of Windows. 3.) Slowed market for new computers. Normal PCs were really slow between 2007-2009, with a lot of the market turning to cheap netbooks. Those cheap networks ran Windows XP and Linux, not Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I think there's a few reasons for this: 1.) Lack of compelling reasons to upgrade. What does Windows Vista/7 really get you? Dropping support for new patches for Windows XP is one of the biggest reasons to make the jump. 2.) Vista's bad rep. I personally think Vista was a decent operating system after the hardware caught up to it. Once it finally did, the bad press was already out, and companies had made the decision to wait for the next version of Windows. 3.) Slowed market for new computers. Normal PCs were really slow between 2007-2009, with a lot of the market turning to cheap netbooks. Those cheap networks ran Windows XP and Linux, not Vista. I'm still running Vista, on a beast of a laptop, and never had a meaningful problem with the OS itself (yes, it bluescreens on occasion...but that's the computer, I'm positive. I've never had a Dell laptop that didn't have a driver issue.) Only real problem I have is that DEP occasionally recognizes my anti-virus software as a virus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) How many times should everyone on the planet pay a royalty to Messrs. Gates, Allen, & Balmer for a new version of s/w with basically the same functionality as the last version, along with a whole new set of bugs and security flaws? . Edited June 29, 2011 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 How many times should everyone on the planet pay a royalty to Messrs. Gates, Allen, & Balmer for a new version of s/w with basically the same functionality as the last version, along with a whole new set of bugs and security flaws? . How many times do I have to pay Steve Jobs a royalty to install my own content on my own device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 (edited) How many times do I have to pay Steve Jobs a royalty to install my own content on my own device? Dunno - but then I don't own any Apple devices, and have never paid them for anything. "It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat s__t and die." - Hunter S. Thomson Edited June 29, 2011 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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