In its latest bid to convince organizations to upgrade from Windows XP, a Microsoft-sponsored report claims that companies end up paying more than five times in support costs by refusing to upgrade to Windows 7.
The report from IDC points to rising annual costs in hardware and software support that ultimately makes the 11-year-old Windows XP a huge time sink for IT staff. While the results obviously sound very self-serving for Microsoft, they could serve as a kick in the pants to organizations that have delayed Windows 7 deployments for too long.
Shockingly, IDC found that 42 percent of the commercial Windows install base is currently running Windows XP. With Microsoft set to kill all support for Windows XP in April 2014, many of those companies will be forced to upgrade within the next few years anyway — there won’t be anymore Windows updates or security fixes, after all.
“The bottom line: IDC’s research finds businesses that migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7 will see significant return on investment over 130 percent over a three-year period,” writes Erwin Visser, a senior director for Windows, in a blog post on Thursday. “Moreover, Windows 7 gives businesses back hours of user productivity. Additionally, ...
However windows XP has its own audience because of its simplicity.But if Microsoft decides to end its support then there will be no option.
ReplyDeleteUser have to upgrade version of windows.
Being very simple and user friendly Windows XP was the most popular operating system. So Microsoft should think about those XP users who are not able to shift into other OS immediately.
ReplyDeleteabsolutely, many users do not switch their OS because XP is really easy OS and they have habit on that only.....
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