XP end of life date looms and after tomorrow you shouldn't expect support for your Windows XP. You probably heard that already. The question is if you're on XP, how will you survive the Redmond St. shutdown.
XP’s end of life is imminent or so Microsoft would have us believe, but surveys point out that XP users are not willing to switch over to other OS versions. On the other hand, if the 13-year old OS was not up to par, users would be scrambling to get updates.
It's interesting to note that surveys by NetMarketShare show that most users are not planning to switch to Windows 8. In the backdrop commentary, vendors are often said to push new products in order to promote sales and cancel older versions. A good example is when Apple Inc. pulled the classic iPhone 5 out of distribution as soon as the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c were launched in September, 2013.
In an IObit survey of 5,000 XP users, 61 percent preferred to stay with XP. "The company, which has just released PCtransfer to make the transition from one PC or OS to another a little bit easier, also found that 57 percent of users were put off by upgrading because of the fear of losing important data. 38 percent of those surveyed cited the time it would take to make the switch as the main reason for avoiding the task," betamews.com reports.
According to a Spamfighter survey, "a portion of its users still on XP, and found that of the 1,740 people who replied, 64.94 percent intended to stick with the ancient OS. 6.86 percent said they’d switch to Windows 7, and 2.71 percent to Windows 8.x."
Betanews also found that "3,000 XP users responded to a Redmond magazine survey, and 23 percent said they had no plans to move from their current OS. Of those intending to upgrade, 85 percent planned to go for Windows 7, while 36 percent had their sights set on Windows 8.x."
Tech Pro Research surveyed 641 companies on XP: "37 percent said they intended to cling on to the older OS past the end of life date. 40 percent said it was because "it works, so there's no need to change" and 39 percent said they need it to run the software they use. 38 percent said they’d upgrade to Windows 7, and just 5 percent to Windows 8.x. 11 percent said they were planning to switch to Linux," an online report confirmed.
