Windows 9 next year??????

[richardginn]

http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012...social%20media

[drdoom]

The days when a Windows release was a big deal are long over. I have no plans to upgrade past my current OS's. I have 3 work computers with XP, a laptop that came with Win 7, 3 desktops with XP/Linux and 1 desktop with XP/Win 7/linux. The only reason I got Win 7 on the desktop was DX11. Why do I want to spend money to upgrade 8 computers?

[James]

Why do you want to continue to use an EOL OS?

I could maybe understand only moving up to Windows 7, but Windows XP is dead. Why keep using it?

[James]

Why do you want to continue to use an EOL OS?

I could maybe understand only moving up to Windows 7, but Windows XP is dead. Why keep using it?

[Steve R Jones]

Cause XP is bought and paid for and does what one needs to do most of the time

In other words - if it ain't broke....

[ImaNihilist]

Cause XP is bought and paid for and does what one needs to do most of the time

In other words - if it ain't broke....

Windows XP was broke the day it launched, with a security model that is laughable and unfixable.

I'm amazed when people willfully use a Windows XP machine connected to the internet. You need a hardware firewall, software firewall, malware removal, and antivirus up to date and active just to get by. I'll never forget the day I got a RPC shutdown virus the moment I plugged an ethernet cable into a freshly formatted machine, because I didn't slipstream SP1 onto the install disk. Literally got infected on first boot.

I find the revisionist history hilarious with Windows. When everyone was still using Windows XP everyone hated it because it was a virus/malware prone POS. Then Vista came out, and despite it's flaws was 100x more secure, and everyone's like, "OMG, Vista sucks! Good thing I can stick with XP."

[drdoom]

Cause XP is bought and paid for and does what one needs to do most of the time

In other words - if it ain't broke....

Seems obvious to me. XP is dead? It does everything I need it to do so why upgrade? What features does the new OS have that would compel me tos spend the money on it? At work we run some legacy software and generally I find too much software won't run on Win 7. As for the security issue. I find 99.9% of the problem is user error. I have gotten viruses and it has been my fault almost all the time. Just boot to a clean boot drive, clean the HD and problem solved for the most part. Besides if you are really concerned with security install Linux don't look to MS. Ubuntu and Mint are both pretty easy.

[Timman_24]

I do not have the same rosy memories of XP that a lot of people claim to. I remember malware and virus stories all the time. Luckily, I was not infected often, but it did happen. I haven't had any issues in years with Vista and 7. Viruses and malware are pretty much a non-issue unless you surf like a moron or download questionable material. Also, I can't believe how dated the start menu is on XP. I used an XP machine a few days ago and was amazed how much I have grown to love the new menu. Also, aero looks good

[vertices]

Security alone is enough to upgrade to 7. Massive difference in security. UAC alone would make me switch. Toss in speed improvements, Aero, etc., and it's a no brainer.

Now Windows 8? Not liking it so far. Just too jarring and awkward this flip between Desktop and Metro for me.

[Steven P Jobs]

If I had to make a bet about MS's future OS update plans, I would wager that we're going to be seeing a lot of incremental updates like is happening with all the major Mobile OSs, and the line between a Service Pack and a new "full release" is going to become more blurred with Windows 8.

Whether they call it Windows 9 (despite not that much new stuff) or Windows 8.1 or Windows 8 SP1 or something else, I'd expect to see way more updates that add new things than we did with previous Windows releases.